Titan 3E - Titan 3E - COSPAR 1976-003 18,177 bytes. 120 x 504 pixels.

Titan 3D with Centaur D upper stage. Used by NASA for deep space missions in 1970's.

Launches: 7. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 85.71% pct. First Launch Date: 11 February 1974. Last Launch Date: 05 September 1977. LEO Payload: 15,400 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. Payload: 3,700 kg. to a: TransMars trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 1,079,550 kgf. Total Mass: 632,970 kg. Core Diameter: 3.1 m. Total Length: 48.0 m. Launch Price $: 29.30 million. in 1974 price dollars. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 72.50 million. in 1985 unit dollars.

• Stage Number: 0. 2 x Titan UA1205 Gross Mass: 226,233 kg. Empty Mass: 33,798 kg. Thrust (vac): 596,474 kgf. Isp: 263 sec. Burn time: 115 sec. Isp(sl): 238 sec. Diameter: 3.1 m. Span: 3.1 m. Length: 25.9 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. UA1205

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Titan 3A-1 Gross Mass: 116,573 kg. Empty Mass: 5,443 kg. Thrust (vac): 238,590 kgf. Isp: 302 sec. Burn time: 147 sec. Isp(sl): 250 sec. Diameter: 3.1 m. Span: 3.1 m. Length: 22.3 m. Propellants: N2O4/Aerozine-50 No Engines: 2. LR-87-11

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x Titan 3A-2 Gross Mass: 29,188 kg. Empty Mass: 2,653 kg. Thrust (vac): 46,266 kgf. Isp: 316 sec. Burn time: 205 sec. Isp(sl): 145 sec. Diameter: 3.1 m. Span: 3.1 m. Length: 7.9 m. Propellants: N2O4/Aerozine-50 No Engines: 1. LR-91-11

• Stage Number: 3. 1 x Centaur D/E Gross Mass: 16,258 kg. Empty Mass: 2,631 kg. Thrust (vac): 13,381 kgf. Isp: 444 sec. Burn time: 470 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 3.1 m. Span: 3.1 m. Length: 9.6 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 2. RL-10A-3

• Sphinx Spacecraft: Sphinx.

  Space Plasma High Voltage Interaction Experiment. Payload carried on test flight of Titan 3E booster.

• Viking Dynamic Simulator Spacecraft: Viking. Payload: VDS.

• Helios 1 Spacecraft: Helios. Mass: 370 kg.

  Solar probe. Solar Orbit (Heliocentric). Launched by the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany. Helios A (Helios I). Heliocentric orbit 190 days, 0.309 x 0.985 AU x 0 deg. Exploration of the interplanetary space between the earth and the sun and study of solar influences on that area.

• Viking 1 Lander Spacecraft: Viking. Payload: Viking 1.

  Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• Viking 1 Orbiter Spacecraft: Viking. Payload: Viking 1. Mass: 3,399 kg.

  Combined Mars orbiter and lander mission; orbiter inserted in Mars orbit 6/19/76; lander soft landed on Martian surface 7/20/76Mars. Mars Orbit. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• Viking 2 Lander Spacecraft: Viking.

  Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• Viking 2 Orbiter Spacecraft: Viking. Mass: 3,399 kg.

  Combined Mars orbiter and lander mission; orbiter inserted in Mars orbit 8/7/76; lander soft landed on Martian surface 9/3/76Mars. Mars Orbit. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• Helios 2 Spacecraft: Helios. Mass: 376 kg.

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  Titan 3E Credit: © Mark Wade. 4,322 bytes. 151 x 666 pixels.

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  Solar probe. Solar Orbit (Heliocentric). Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Voyager 2 Spacecraft: Voyager. Payload: Voyager 2 [Star-37E]. Mass: 800 kg.

  Jupiter flyby 7/9/79, Saturn flyby 8/26/81, Uranus flyby 1/24/86, Neptune flyby 8/25/89. Solar system escape trajectory. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• Voyager 1 Spacecraft: Voyager. Payload: Voyager 1 [Star-37E]. Mass: 800 kg.

  Jupiter flyby 3/5/79, Saturn flyby 11/12/80. Solar system escape trajectory. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• 34 - Gatland, Kenneth, Missiles and Rockets, Macmillan, New York, 1975.
• 223 - Titan Marketing Brochure, Martin Company, 1967.