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Commercial Titan III

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
47.3 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Mass
680,000 kg
Stages
3
Payload to LEO
14,742 kg
Payload to GTO
4,990 kg
First flight
1990-01-01
Total launches
4
Success / Fail
4 / 0

The Commercial Titan III, also known as CT-3 or CT-III, was an American expendable launch system, developed by Martin Marietta during the late 1980s and flown four times during the early 1990s. It was derived from the Titan 34D, and was originally proposed as a medium-lift expendable launch system for the US Air Force, who selected the Delta II instead. Development was continued as a commercial launch system, and the first rocket flew in 1990. Due to higher costs than contemporary rockets such as the Ariane 4, orders were not forthcoming, and the CT-3 was retired in 1992.

Payloads it launched · 5

MARS OBSERVER
Mars
INTELSAT 604 (IS-604)
GEO
INTELSAT 603 (IS-603)
GEO
SKYNET 4A
GEO
JCSAT-2
GEO