USAF Titan 34B Quasar 4
Titan 34B
Status
Success
Date
13 DEC 1980
16:04
Mission Overview
Communication relay satellite for US reconnaissance satellites
Rocket
Titan 34B
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
Titan IIIB was the collective name for a number of derivatives of the Titan II ICBM and Titan III launch vehicle, modified by the addition of an Agena upper stage. It consisted of four separate rockets. The Titan 23B was a basic Titan II with an Agena upper stage, and the Titan 24B was the same concept, but using the slightly enlarged Titan IIIM rocket as the base. The Titan 33B was a Titan 23B with the Agena (which had a smaller diameter than the Titan) enclosed in an enlarged fairing, in order to allow larger payloads to be launched. The final member of the Titan IIIB family was the Titan 34B which was a Titan 24B with the larger fairing used on the Titan 33B.
Height
48 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch Mass
188 T
Thrust
1,997 kN