SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978
 
 

Table 1-36. Listing of Titan IIIC/Titan IIIE -Centaur Vehicles.

 

Vehicle #

Date

Mission

Titan Stage Successfull

Stage Successful*

.

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May 30, 1973

ATS 6 (IIIC)

Yes

N/A

TC-I

Feb. 11, 1974

TC-I proof test(IIIE)

Yes

No (liquid oxygen boost pump failure)

TC-2

Dec. 10, 1974

Helios I (IIIE)

Yes

Yes

TC-4

Aug. 20, 1975

Viking 1 (IIIE)

Yes

Yes

TC-3

Sept. 9, 1975

Viking 2 (IIIE)

Yes

Yes

TC-5

Jan. 15, 1976

Helios 2 (IIIE)

Yes

Yes

TC-7

Aug. 20, 1977

Voyager 2 (IIIE)

Yes

Yes

TC-6

Sept. 5, 1977

Voyager I (IIIE)

Yes

Yes

* Titan IIIC: 0 failures out of I attempt (100% successful).

Titan IllE-Centaur: I failure out of 7 attempts (85.7% successful).

 

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