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Rocket file · LV-437

Titan IIIA

Lockheed Martin · Titan · RETIRED

Titan IIIA is an expendable launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It stands 42.0 m tall, lifts 3,100 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 1 September 1964. It has flown 4 times with 3 successes, a success rate of 75.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height42.0 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO3,100 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight1 September 1964
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 flights4
Successful3
Failed1
Success rate75.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantIIIA

About Titan IIIA

The Titan IIIA or Titan 3A was an American expendable launch system, launched four times in 1964 and 1965,[1] to test the Transtage upper stage which was intended for use on the larger Titan IIIC. The Transtage was mounted atop two core stages derived from the Titan II. The Titan IIIA was also used as the core of the Titan IIIC.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Titan IIIA is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Titan IIIA
Titan IIIAWikimedia Commons ↗
Transtage rocket stage
Transtage rocket stageWikimedia Commons ↗
Titan-3A with LES-1 satellite 11-02-1965
Titan-3A with LES-1 satellite 11-02-1965USAF · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Titan IIIA flown?
4 times, with 3 successes and 1 failures.
What is Titan IIIA's success rate?
75.0%. That's 3 successful flights out of 4 attempts.
How much can Titan IIIA lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Titan IIIA at 3,100 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Titan IIIA reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Titan IIIA as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.