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Rocket file · LV-148

Titan IIIE

Lockheed Martin · Titan · RETIRED

Titan IIIE is an expendable launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It stands 48.8 m tall, lifts 15,400 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 11 February 1974. It has flown 7 times with 6 successes, a success rate of 85.7%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height48.8 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO15,400 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight11 February 1974
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 flights7
Successful6
Failed1
Success rate85.7%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantE

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Titan III 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.

Viking spacecraft
Viking spacecraftNASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Titan 3E with Voyager 1
Titan 3E with Voyager 1NASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Titan 3E Centaur launches Voyager 2
Titan 3E Centaur launches Voyager 2NASA/MSFC · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Titan IIIE flown?
7 times, with 6 successes and 1 failures.
What is Titan IIIE's success rate?
85.7%. That's 6 successful flights out of 7 attempts.
How much can Titan IIIE lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Titan IIIE at 15,400 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Titan IIIE reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Titan IIIE as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.