Rocket file · LV-272
Commercial Titan III
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Commercial Titan III is an expendable launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It stands 47.3 m tall, lifts 14,742 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 1 January 1990. It has flown 4 times with 4 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About Commercial Titan III
The Commercial Titan III, also known as CT-3 or CT-III, was an American expendable launch system, developed by Martin Marietta during the late 1980s and flown four times during the early 1990s. It was derived from the Titan 34D, and was originally proposed as a medium-lift expendable launch system for the US Air Force, who selected the Delta II instead. Development was continued as a commercial launch system, and the first rocket flew in 1990. Due to higher costs than contemporary rockets such as the Ariane 4, orders were not forthcoming, and the CT-3 was retired in 1992.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Commercial Titan III is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesCommercial Titan III in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Commercial Titan III flown?
- 4 times, with 4 successes and 0 failures.
- What is Commercial Titan III's success rate?
- 100.0%. That's 4 successful flights out of 4 attempts.
- How much can Commercial Titan III lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 lists Commercial Titan III at 14,742 kg to low Earth orbit and 4,990 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
- Is Commercial Titan III reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Commercial Titan III as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.