Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| USA 186 [IC8] | Titan 404B | Oct 19, 2005 |
| USA 182 [LAC5] | Titan 405B | Apr 30, 2005 |
| USA 176 [DSP22] | Titan 402B | Feb 14, 2004 |
| USA 172 (DMSP F16) |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Commercial Titan 3 | Not stated | 4 | Retired |
Titan 23B | Not stated | 9 | Retired |
Titan 24B | Not stated | 23 | Retired |
Titan 33B | Not stated | 3 | Retired |
Titan II SLV |
| Oct 18, 2003 |
| USA 171 [RH9] | Titan 401B | Sep 9, 2003 |
| USA 169 (Milstar 6) | Titan 401B | Apr 8, 2003 |
| Coriolis Mission | Titan II SLV | Jan 6, 2003 |
| NOAA 17 Mission | Titan II SLV | Jun 24, 2002 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Titan 34B | Not stated | 11 | Retired |
Titan 34D | Not stated | 15 | Retired |
Titan 401A | Not stated | 9 | Retired |
Titan 401B | Not stated | 7 | Retired |
Titan 402A | Not stated | 3 | Retired |
Titan 402B | Not stated | 5 | Retired |
Titan 403A | Not stated | 5 | Retired |
Titan 403B | Not stated | 1 | Retired |
Titan 404A | Not stated | 3 | Retired |
Titan 404B | Not stated | 3 | Retired |
Titan 405A | Not stated | 2 | Retired |
Titan 405B | Not stated | 1 | Retired |
Titan II GLV | Not stated | 12 | Retired |
Titan IIIA | Not stated | 4 | Retired |
Titan IIIB | Not stated | 22 | Retired |
Titan IIIC | Not stated | 36 | Retired |
Titan IIID | Not stated | 22 | Retired |
Titan IIIE | Not stated | 7 | Retired |
Titan II SLV | Not stated | 13 | Retired |
On May 11, a Titan IIID rocket launched the 17th HEXAGON reconnaissance satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
By 1968, the Air Force began construction on the Titan IIIM launch pad facility that would become SLC-6.
The Air Force built Space Launch Complex 6 to launch the Titan IIIM rocket in support of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program.
NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite was launched in June 1999 on a Titan II vehicle.
Northrop Grumman’s airborne system builds on an earlier TITAN prototype that Northrop Grumman developed in 2022.
NASA will procure a heavy-lift launch vehicle for Dragonfly later 2024 to enable arrival at Titan in 2034.
The 2034 Titan arrival date for Dragonfly matches the date planned when NASA selected the mission in 2019 despite a two-year slip in launch timing since selection.
NASA confirmed the Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s moon Titan with a total lifecycle cost of $3,350,000,000.
The last few Program 989 satellites were initially scheduled to be launched from the Space Shuttle before being shifted to Titan II launches.
The modules developed for LISA-T informed the design of Ascent’s Titan line of space products.
The modules developed for LISA-T informed the design of Ascent’s Titan line of space products, maximizing power generation to produce kilowatts per kilogram of array in the space environment with minimal degradation.
The Titan IIIM rocket intended for MOL was never tested before the program cancellation.
The Titan IIIC rocket, which included solid rocket motors, had its first flight in summer 1965.
The Titan IIIM rocket was designed for more lifting capability than the Titan IIIC and had its testing scheduled for 1969.
The Titan IIIM booster would be used to launch the MOL spacecraft from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s planetary science division, announced on November 28 that the launch of the Dragonfly mission to Titan is delayed by a year to mid-2028.
Budget uncertainty prompted NASA to delay formal confirmation of the Dragonfly mission to Titan in November 2023.
MOL/DORIAN would be launched atop a Titan IIIM rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
OceanGate used surplus Boeing aircraft composite materials that were past their rated shelf life for the Titan.
On June 18, 2023, the OceanGate submersible Titan imploded during an expedition to view the remains of the Titanic.