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Titan 401A Centaur

Lockheed Martin · Titan · RETIRED

Titan 401A Centaur is an expendable launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It stands 63.1 m tall, lifts 21,680 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 7 February 1994. It has flown 9 times with 8 successes, a success rate of 88.9%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height63.1 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO21,680 kg
Payload to GTO9,000 kg
Maiden flight7 February 1994
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

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

ON RECORD
Total flights9
Successful8
Failed1
Success rate88.9%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant401A Centaur

About Titan 401A Centaur

Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Titan 401A Centaur is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

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Common questions

How many times has Titan 401A Centaur flown?
9 times, with 8 successes and 1 failures.
What is Titan 401A Centaur's success rate?
88.9%. That's 8 successful flights out of 9 attempts.
How much can Titan 401A Centaur lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Titan 401A Centaur at 21,680 kg to low Earth orbit and 9,000 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Titan 401A Centaur reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Titan 401A Centaur as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.