LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Mon Oct 01 1979
United States Air Force

Vortex 9

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(11:22 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(11:22 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(11:22 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Titan IIIC

Description:

The Titan IIIC was an expendable launch system used by the United States Air Force from 1965 until 1982. It was the first Titan booster to feature large solid rocket motors and was planned to be used as a launcher for the Dyna-Soar, though the spaceplane was cancelled before it could fly. The majority of the launcher's payloads were DoD satellites, for military communications and early warning, though one flight (ATS-6) was performed by NASA. The Titan IIIC was launched exclusively from Cape Canaveral while its sibling, the Titan IIID, was launched only from Vandenberg AFB.

Titan IIIC rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • ELINT satellite focussed on communications intelligence
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 40