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Rocket file · LV-438

Titan IIIB

Lockheed Martin · Titan · RETIRED

Titan IIIB is an expendable launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It stands 45.0 m tall, lifts 3,000 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 29 July 1966. It has flown 22 times with 21 successes, a success rate of 95.5%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height45.0 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO3,000 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight29 July 1966
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 flights22
Successful21
Failed1
Success rate95.5%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantIIIB

About Titan IIIB

Titan IIIB was the collective name for a number of derivatives of the Titan II ICBM and Titan III launch vehicle, modified by the addition of an Agena upper stage. It consisted of four separate rockets. The Titan 23B was a basic Titan II with an Agena upper stage, and the Titan 24B was the same concept, but using the slightly enlarged Titan IIIM rocket as the base. The Titan 33B was a Titan 23B with the Agena (which had a smaller diameter than the Titan) enclosed in an enlarged fairing, in order to allow larger payloads to be launched. The final member of the Titan IIIB family was the Titan 34B which was a Titan 24B with the larger fairing used on the Titan 33B.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Titan IIIB 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 Missile Family
Titan Missile FamilyWikimedia Commons ↗
Titan 23B
Titan 23BDownloaded from en.wikipedia, original uploader User:Reubenbarton · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
KH-8 (Gambit-3) reconnaissance satellite on launch pad
KH-8 (Gambit-3) reconnaissance satellite on launch padNRO · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Titan IIIB flown?
22 times, with 21 successes and 1 failures.
What is Titan IIIB's success rate?
95.5%. That's 21 successful flights out of 22 attempts.
How much can Titan IIIB lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Titan IIIB at 3,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Titan IIIB reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Titan IIIB as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.