Mars Observer
Commercial Titan III
Martin Marietta
Mission
Mars Observer
Type: Planetary Science
Mars Observer, the first of the Observer series of planetary missions, was designed to study the geoscience and climate of Mars.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
880 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Commercial Titan III – Lockheed Martin
- Family: Titan
- Length: 47.3 m
- Diameter: 3.05 m
- Launch Mass: 680 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 14742 kg
The Commercial Titan III was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 1990-01-01. Commercial Titan III has 4 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 4 launches. The Commercial Titan III, also known as CT-3 or CT-III, was an American expendable launch system, developed by Martin Marietta during the late 1980s and flown four times during the early 1990s. It was derived from the Titan 34D, and was originally proposed as a medium-lift expendable launch system for the US Air Force, who selected the Delta II instead. Development was continued as a commercial launch system, and the first rocket flew in 1990. Due to higher costs than contemporary rockets such as the Ariane 4, orders were not forthcoming, and the CT-3 was retired in 1992.
Agency
Martin Marietta – MM
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: MM
- Founded: 1961
- Country: USA
The Martin Marietta Corporation was an American company founded in 1961 through the merger of Glenn L. Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. The combined company became a leader in chemicals, aerospace, and electronics. In 1995, it merged with Lockheed Corporation to form Lockheed Martin.
