KH-9 18

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

Titan 34D

Family:
Configuration: 34D

The Titan 34D was a United States expendable launch vehicle used to launch a number of satellites for military applications.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    50.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.05 m
  • Launch Mass
    723.0 T
  • Thrust
    11279.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Titan 34D
  • Family
  • Variant
    34D
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Titan 34D
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $150000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    14515.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    5000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

(LMT)

Founded: 1953 Successes: 77 Failures: 3 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.

INFO WIKI

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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