Titan IV 401B/Centaur
Titan IV 401B/Centaur paired the Lockheed Martin Titan IVB core and upgraded solid rocket motors with a cryogenic Centaur upper stage. Seven articles flew between 1997 and 2003, including Cassini-Huygens.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Titan IVB-CentaurTitan 401B-CentaurTitan IVB/Centaur
- Family Name
- Titan IV
- Full Name
- Titan IV 401B/Centaur
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- 401B/Centaur
Details
- Description
- Titan IV 401B/Centaur paired the Lockheed Martin Titan IVB core and upgraded solid rocket motors with a cryogenic Centaur upper stage. Seven articles flew between 1997 and 2003, including Cassini-Huygens.
- Dimensions
- Height M
- 55.9
- First Flight Year
- 1,997
- Last Flight Year
- 2,003
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
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- Name
- Titan IV 401B/Centaur exact configuration
- Notes
- NASA/USAF sources define the Titan IV/Centaur stack as two stage-zero solid motors, a twin-engine LR87 first-stage core, a single LR91 second-stage core, and a Centaur upper stage with twin RL10A-3-3A engines. This configuration is limited to the 401B/Centaur branch; Titan IVA/IVB IUS and no-upper-stage siblings remain separate.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 1,000,000
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 2
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 09:14:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 20:37:29 UTC
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