
Previous Titan 4 flights
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: January 10, 2002
No. |
Date |
Site |
Model |
Payload |
1 |
06/14/89 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/IUS |
DSP 14 |
2 |
06/08/90 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A |
NOSS |
3 |
11/12/90 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/IUS |
DSP 15 |
4 |
03/08/91 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4A |
Lacrosse 2 |
5 |
11/07/91 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4A |
NOSS |
6 |
11/28/92 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4A |
Keyhole |
7* |
08/02/93 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4A |
NOSS |
8 |
02/07/94 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Milstar 1-1 |
9 |
05/03/94 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Trumpet |
10 |
08/27/94 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Mercury |
11 |
12/22/94 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/IUS |
DSP 17 |
12 |
05/14/95 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Mentor |
13 |
07/10/95 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Trumpet |
14 |
11/06/95 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Milstar 1-2 |
15 |
12/05/95 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4A |
Keyhole |
16 |
04/24/96 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Mercury |
17 |
05/12/96 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4A |
NOSS |
18 |
07/02/96 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A |
SDS/Heritage |
19 |
12/20/96 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4A |
Keyhole |
20 |
02/23/97 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4B/IUS |
DSP 18 |
21 |
10/15/97 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4B/Centaur |
Cassini |
22 |
10/23/97 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4A |
Lacrosse 3 |
23 |
11/07/97 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Trumpet |
24 |
05/08/98 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4B/Centaur |
Mentor |
25* |
08/12/98 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4A/Centaur |
Mercury |
26~ |
04/09/99 |
SLC-41 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4B/IUS |
DSP 19 |
27~ |
04/30/99 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4B/Centaur |
Milstar 2-1 |
28 |
05/22/99 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4B |
EIS 1 |
29 |
05/08/00 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4B/IUS |
DSP 20 |
30 |
08/17/00 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4B |
Lacrosse 4 |
31 |
02/27/01 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4B/Centaur |
Milstar 2-2 |
32 |
08/06/01 |
SLC-40 CCAFS, Fla. |
Titan 4B/IUS |
DSP 21 |
33 |
10/05/01 |
SLC-4E VAFB, Calif. |
Titan 4B |
Keyhole |
* Indicates Titan failure
~ Indicates upper stage failure |
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Flight data file
Vehicle: Titan 4B (B-38)
Payload: Milstar 5
Launch date: Jan. 15, 2002
Launch window: 2148-0148 GMT (4:48-8:48 p.m. EST)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Pre-launch briefing
Launch timeline - Chart with the key events to occur during the launch.

Titan 4B - Description of America's most powerful unmanned rocket.

Milstar satellite - A look at the Military Strategic and Tactical Relay satellite program.

Communications - Overview of Boeing's Medium Data Rate and crosslink payloads on Milstar.

Antennas - Technical description of Milstar's medium data rate nulling antennas made by TRW.

DPS - TRW's digital processing subsystem on Milstar is key to payload.






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