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Rocket file · LV-130

Titan IVB/Centaur

Lockheed Martin · Titan · RETIRED

Titan IVB/Centaur is an expendable launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It first flew on 15 October 1997. 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
HeightNOT ON FILE
DiameterNOT ON FILE
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight15 October 1997
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
VariantCentaur

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Titan IVB 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 IVB Centaur launching ELINTspy satellite
Titan IVB Centaur launching ELINTspy satelliteU.S. Air Force/Carleton Bailie · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Titan IVB launching DSP-22 satellite
Titan IVB launching DSP-22 satelliteWikimedia Commons ↗
Final Titan IV launch
Final Titan IV launchU.S. Air Force · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Titan IVB/Centaur flown?
7 times, with 6 successes and 1 failures.
What is Titan IVB/Centaur's success rate?
85.7%. That's 6 successful flights out of 7 attempts.
How much can Titan IVB/Centaur lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Titan IVB/Centaur.
Is Titan IVB/Centaur reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Titan IVB/Centaur as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.