Martin Marietta Commercial Titan III Skynet 4A & JCSat 2
Commercial Titan III
Status
Success
Date
1 JAN 1990
00:07
Mission Overview
British and Japanese geostatioary communications satellites
Rocket
Commercial Titan III
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
47.3 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch Mass
680 T