Titan Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Titan family, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
Titan made 215 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1964 and 2005. Of those, 200 succeeded and 15 failed. The success rate comes to 93 percent. The busiest year was 1966, with 11 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 2005.
215
Launch attempts
200
Successes
15
Failures
93%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
| Year | Attempts | Successes | Failures | Success rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1999 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 1998 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 1997 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 1996 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 1995 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 1994 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| 1992 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1991 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1990 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1989 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 1988 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1987 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| 1985 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 1984 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| 1983 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1982 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 1981 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 1980 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 1979 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 1978 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% |
| 1977 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| 1976 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100% |
| 1975 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100% |
| 1974 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% |
| 1973 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 1972 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% |
| 1971 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 1970 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| 1969 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 1968 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100% |
| 1967 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 90% |
| 1966 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 91% |
| 1965 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100% |
| 1964 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
Variants
Counts for each Titan variant recorded in GCAT, at LV_TYPE granularity. Variants with their own page are linked.
| Variant | Flights | Successes | Failures | First year | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titan IIIC | 36 | 34 | 2 | 1965 | 1982 |
| Titan 24B | 23 | 21 | 2 | 1971 | 1984 |
| Titan IIIB | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1966 | 1969 |
| Titan IIID | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1971 | 1982 |
| Titan II SLV | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1988 | 2003 |
| Titan II GLV | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1964 | 1966 |
| Titan 34B | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1975 | 1987 |
| Titan 23B | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1969 | 1971 |
| Titan 401A/Centaur | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1994 | 1998 |
| Titan IIIE | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1974 | 1977 |
| Titan 34D | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1983 | 1988 |
| Titan 34D/Transtage | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1984 | 1989 |
| Titan 401B/Centaur | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1997 | 2003 |
| Titan 403A | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1991 | 1997 |
| Titan 402B/IUS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1997 | 2004 |
| Titan IIIA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1964 | 1965 |
| Titan 33B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1971 | 1973 |
| Titan 402A/IUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 1994 |
| Titan 404A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1992 | 1996 |
| Titan 404B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1999 | 2005 |
| Titan 405A | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1990 | 1996 |
| Titan 34D/IUS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1982 | 1982 |
| Titan 403B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Titan 405B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2005 | 2005 |
Recent launches
The most recent Titan family launches, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Vehicle | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2005 | 2005-042 | 4B-26 : Enhanced CRYSTAL 2108 | Titan 404B | VS / SLC4E | Success |
| Apr 30, 2005 | 2005-016 | 4B-30 : ONYX 5 | Titan 405B | CC / SLC40 | Success |
| Feb 14, 2004 | 2004-004 | 4B-39 : DSP 22 | Titan 402B/IUS | CC / SLC40 | Success |
| Oct 18, 2003 | 2003-048 | 23G-9 : DMSP Block 5D-3 S-20 | Titan II SLV | VS / SLC4W | Success |
| Sep 9, 2003 | 2003-041 | 4B-36/TC-20 : ORION 5 | Titan 401B/Centaur | CC / SLC40 | Success |
| Apr 8, 2003 | 2003-012 | 4B-35/TC-23 : Milstar DFS-6 | Titan 401B/Centaur | CC / SLC40 | Success |
| Jan 6, 2003 | 2003-001 | 23G-4 : STP P98-2 | Titan II SLV | VS / SLC4W | Success |
| Jun 24, 2002 | 2002-032 | 23G-14 : NOAA M/S09 | Titan II SLV | VS / SLC4W | Success |
| Jan 16, 2002 | 2002-001 | 4B-38/TC-19 : Milstar DFS-5 | Titan 401B/Centaur | CC / SLC40 | Success |
| Oct 5, 2001 | 2001-044 | 4B-34 : Enhanced CRYSTAL 2107 | Titan 404B | VS / SLC4E | Success |
| Aug 6, 2001 | 2001-033 | 4B-31 : DSP 21 | Titan 402B/IUS | CC / SLC40 | Success |
| Feb 27, 2001 | 2001-009 | 4B-41/TC-22 (K-30) : Milstar DFS-4 | Titan 401B/Centaur | CC / SLC40 | Success |
| Sep 21, 2000 | 2000-055 | 23G-13 : NOAA L/S08 | Titan II SLV | VS / SLC4W | Success |
| Aug 17, 2000 | 2000-047 | 4B-28 : ONYX 4 | Titan 403B | VS / SLC4E | Success |
| May 8, 2000 | 2000-024 | 4B-29 : DSP 18 | Titan 402B/IUS | CC / LC40 | Success |
| Dec 12, 1999 | 1999-067 | 23G-8 : STP S92-1, DMSP Block 5D-3 S-15 | Titan II SLV | VS / SLC4W | Success |
| Jun 20, 1999 | 1999-034 | 23G-7 : QuikScat | Titan II SLV | VS / SLC4W | Success |
| May 22, 1999 | 1999-028 | 4B-12 : MISTY 2 | Titan 404B | VS / SLC4E | Success |
| Apr 30, 1999 | 1999-023 | 4B-32/TC-14 (K-26) : Milstar DFS-3 | Titan 401B/Centaur | CC / LC40 | Failure |
| Apr 9, 1999 | 1999-017 | 4B-27 (K-32) : DSP 19 | Titan 402B/IUS | CC / LC41 | Failure |
| Aug 12, 1998 | 1998-F02 | 4A-20/TC-9 (K-17) : MERCURY 16 | Titan 401A/Centaur | CC / LC41 | Failure |
| May 13, 1998 | 1998-030 | 23G-12 : NOAA K/S07 | Titan II SLV | VS / SLC4W | Success |
| May 9, 1998 | 1998-029 | 4B-25/TC-18 (K-25) : ORION 4 | Titan 401B/Centaur | CC / LC40 | Success |
| Nov 8, 1997 | 1997-068 | 4A-17/TC-16 (45E-) : STP S96-1, TRUMPET 3 | Titan 401A/Centaur | CC / LC41 | Success |
| Oct 24, 1997 | 1997-064 | 4A-18 (K-18, 45F-3) : ONYX 3 | Titan 403A | VS / SLC4E | Success |
Showing the latest 25 of 215 launches.