NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Transtage 5

Launch Time
Fri Jun 18, 1965 14:00 UTC

Rocket

Titan IIIC
Martin Marietta
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 13,642 kN
Payload to LEO: 13,100 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 42.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m

Mission Details

Transtage 5

Transtage was developed in anticipation of a requirement to launch military payloads to geostationary orbit; a contract for development of the stage was issued on 20 August 1962. Transtage used a pressure-fed two-chamber configuration, using Aerozine 50 fuel and nitrogen tetroxide as oxidizer; the thrust chambers were gimbaled for steering and each produced 8,000 lbf (36 kN) of thrust. The design specification required up to three restarts during the first six hours of a mission.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 9,694.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1965

53rd orbital launch attempt

Titan III

5th mission
3rd mission of 1965
4th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission