Titan IIIM
Titan IIIM proposal | |
Function | Expendable launch system |
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Manufacturer | Martin Marietta |
Country of origin | United States |
Cost per launch | US$22 million (1965) |
Size | |
Height | 39.0 m (128.0 ft) |
Diameter | 3.05 m (10.0 ft) |
Mass | 836,560 kg (1,844,300 lb) |
Stages | 2 |
Capacity | |
Payload to 185 km (115 mi) | 17,000 kg (37,000 lb) |
Associated rockets | |
Family | Titan |
Launch history | |
Status | Cancelled |
Launch sites | Vandenberg AFB SLC-4E |
Total launches | 0 |
Boosters - UA1207 | |
No. boosters | 2 |
Length | 34.14 m (112.0 ft) |
Diameter | 3.05 m (10.0 ft) |
Empty mass | 51,230 kg (112,940 lb) |
Gross mass | 319,330 kg (704,000 lb) |
Thrust | 7,116.999 kN (1,599,965 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 272 s (2.67 km/s) |
Burn time | 120 sec |
Fuel | Solid |
First stage - Titan IIIB-1 | |
Length | 23.99 m (78.7 ft) |
Diameter | 3.05 m (10.0 ft) |
Empty mass | 7,000 kg (15,400 lb) |
Gross mass | 139,935 kg (308,504 lb) |
Engines | 2 × LR87-11 |
Thrust | 2,413.191 kN (542,507 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 302 s (2.96 km/s) |
Burn time | 161 sec |
Fuel | A-50/N2O4 |
Second stage - Titan IIIB-2 | |
Length | 8.6 m (28.2 ft) |
Diameter | 3.05 m (10.0 ft) |
Empty mass | 2,900 kg (6,400 lb) |
Gross mass | 37,560 kg (82,810 lb) |
Engines | 1 × LR91-11 |
Thrust | 460.314 kN (103,483 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 316 s (3.10 km/s) |
Burn time | 230 sec |
Fuel | A-50/N2O4 |
The Titan IIIM was a planned American expendable launch system, intended to launch the Manned Orbiting Laboratory and other payloads. Development was cancelled in 1969. The projected UA1207 solid booster rockets were eventually used on the Titan IV.[1][2]
Development
- 1969 April 27 - First static test firing of Titan IIIM seven segment solid rocket booster motor. Firing took place at Coyote Canyon, near Borrego Springs, California, and generated 700,000 kgf (6,900,000 N; 1,500,000 lbf) for two minutes.[1]
Planned flights
- 1970 - Unmanned Gemini-B/Titan IIIM qualification flight
- 1971 - Unmanned Gemini-B/Titan IIIM qualification flight
References
- 1 2 "Titan 3M". Astronautix.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ↑ Shayler, David J. (2002). "Military Gemini". Gemini: Steps to the Moon. Springer-Praxis. ISBN 1-85233-405-3.
External links
Media related to Titan IIIM at Wikimedia Commons
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