Titan IIIB (original configuration)
The original Titan IIIB configuration paired an unboosted stretched Titan core with an Agena D upper stage for 22 Gambit-3 reconnaissance launches from Vandenberg between 1966 and 1969. Twenty-one missions achieved their reconnaissance objectives. NRO records classify 3B-5 as a launch loss, 3B-20 as a launch-vehicle failure that nevertheless achieved mission success, and 3B-6 as an upper-stage failure that also achieved mission success.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Titan IIIB-Agena DTitan 3B-Agena DTitan III(3)B
- Family Name
- Titan IIIB
- Full Name
- Titan IIIB (original configuration)
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- original configuration
Details
- Description
- The original Titan IIIB configuration paired an unboosted stretched Titan core with an Agena D upper stage for 22 Gambit-3 reconnaissance launches from Vandenberg between 1966 and 1969. Twenty-one missions achieved their reconnaissance objectives. NRO records classify 3B-5 as a launch loss, 3B-20 as a launch-vehicle failure that nevertheless achieved mission success, and 3B-6 as an upper-stage failure that also achieved mission success.
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Last Flight Year
- 1,969
- 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 07:09:24 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 10:07:37 UTC
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- Titan IIIB (original configuration) Titan IIIB-Agena D Titan 3B-Agena D Titan III(3)B