The Titan IIIC was an expendable launch system used by the United States Air Force from 1965 until 1982. It was the first Titan booster to feature large solid rocket motors and was planned to be used as a launcher for the Dyna-Soar, though the spaceplane was cancelled before it could fly.

Titan was a family of United States expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005. The Titan I and Titan II were part of the US Air Force 's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fleet until 1987. The space launch vehicle versions contributed the majority of the 368 Titan launches, including all the Project Gemini crewed flights of the mid ...

The Titan IIIC was an expendable launch system used by the United States Air Force from 1965 until 1982. It was the first Titan booster to feature large solid rocket motors and was planned to be used as a launcher for the Dyna-Soar, though the spaceplane was cancelled before it could fly.

American orbital launch vehicle. Titan 3A with five segment solid motors. Man-rated design originally developed for Dynasoar spaceplane. AKA: SLV-4;SLV-5;SLV-5C;Titan 3C. Status: Retired 1982. First Launch: 1965-06-18. Last Launch: 1982-03-06. Number: 36 . Payload: 13,100 kg (28,800 lb). Thrust: 10,586.80 kN (2,380,007 lbf).

The IIIC was the first Titan variant to use strap-on solid rocket motors for additional lift capacity. The Air Force flew a large number of SRM-augmented Titans through the years. This Aerospace Corporation article has a little of the Titan vehicle history.

The Titan IIIC was an expendable launch system used by the United States Air Force from 1965 until 1982. It was the first Titan booster to feature large solid rocket motors and was planned to be used as a launcher for the Dyna-Soar, though the spaceplane was cancelled before it could fly.

Jun 18, 2015 · From the first flight of the Titan IIIC in 1965 to the last flight of the Titan IVB four decades later, the Titan III and IV family of launch vehicles were the most powerful rockets available to lift America’s largest defense-related payloads into space.

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Oct 19, 2005 · Titan II ICBM (SM-68B) The Titan II ICBM, developed from the Titan I missile, was first flown successfully on 16 March 1962. The first stage was powered by a pair of improved LR-87 rocket engines. The second stage used a single …

An improved version of the Titan III-A, the Titan III-C was introduced in 1965. The most striking modification over the Titan III-A was the addition of two huge strap-on solid rocket boosters.