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Titan 34B

Titan 34B was the stretched-core, enlarged-fairing Titan IIIB configuration using an Ascent Agena upper stage. Eleven launches from Vandenberg between 1975 and 1987 carried six Satellite Data System relay spacecraft and five JUMPSEAT signals-intelligence payloads; ten missions succeeded fully and one suffered payload-separation failure.

Titan 34B
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Identity

Aliases
Titan III(34)BTitan 3(34)BTitan 34B-Agena
Family Name
Titan IIIB
Full Name
Titan 34B
Status
retired
Type
rocket
Variant Name
34B

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Description
Titan 34B was the stretched-core, enlarged-fairing Titan IIIB configuration using an Ascent Agena upper stage. Eleven launches from Vandenberg between 1975 and 1987 carried six Satellite Data System relay spacecraft and five JUMPSEAT signals-intelligence payloads; ten missions succeeded fully and one suffered payload-separation failure.
First Flight Year
1,975
Last Flight Year
1,987
Operator
Parent Vehicle Family
Rocket Specs
Reusability
expendable
Stages Count
3
Strap On Boosters Count
0

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Creation Time
July 17, 2026 at 06:59:35 UTC
Updated Time
July 29, 2026 at 11:40:53 UTC

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