Titan 404B
In-activeLockheed Martin (LMT)
May 22, 1999
Description
Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
54.0 m -
Diameter
3.05 m -
Fairing Diameter
3.05 m -
Launch Mass
910.0 T -
Thrust
15000.0 kN
Family
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Name
Titan 404B -
Family
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Variant
404B -
Alias
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Full Name
Titan 404B
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
21680.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
― -
Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Lockheed Martin
Commercial
None
LMT 1953Lockheed 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.
Titan 404B | NROL-20
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 19, 2005, 6:05 p.m.
Titan 404B | NROL-14
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 5, 2001, 9:21 p.m.
Titan 404B | NROL-9
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 22, 1999, 9:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This satellite is suspected to be a stealthy electro-optical reconnaissance satellite. The program name for developing an stealth IMINT capability is reportedly "Misty". Hobbyist satellite observers continue to track an object from that launch in a 2700 km × 3100 km, 63.4° orbit, but detailed orbital analysis reveals significant solar radiation pressure perturbations, from an area to mass ratio of about 0.1 m2/kg, 10 to 20 times that of a payload, and more akin to debris or a decoy, can be deduced. It appears to be no more than 5 to 10 m across, and only a few hundred kilograms in mass. If USA 144 is Misty-2, then it is likely to be in a 700 to 800 km, quasi 65° orbit. These orbits are low-drag, so orbit maintenance manoeuvres are not required.
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