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Launch SuccessfulUnited States Air Force

Titan 34B: Quasar 4

Communication relay satellite for US reconnaissance satellites

Saturday, 13 December 1980
Titan 34B

Mission Data

United States Air Force
🇺🇸United States Air ForceEst. 1947
Launch VehicleTitan 34B
Vehicle FamilyTitan
Vehicle Record11 of 11 launches (100%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record972 successes / 106 failures (90%)
Success Streak68 consecutive
Mission TypeGovernment/Top Secret
Target OrbitElliptical Orbit
Launch PadSpace Launch Complex 4W
Location🇺🇸 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#103
Agency Launches This Year#15
Launches From This Pad93
Launches From This Site923
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Titan 34B

Titan IIIB was the collective name for a number of derivatives of the Titan II ICBM and Titan III launch vehicle, modified by the addition of an Agena upper stage. It consisted of four separate rockets. The Titan 23B was a basic Titan II with an Agena upper stage, and the Titan 24B was the same concept, but using the slightly enlarged Titan IIIM rocket as the base. The Titan 33B was a Titan 23B with the Agena (which had a smaller diameter than the Titan) enclosed in an enlarged fairing, in order to allow larger payloads to be launched. The final member of the Titan IIIB family was the Titan 34B which was a Titan 24B with the larger fairing used on the Titan 33B.

Launch Site

Space Launch Complex 4W · 34.6331°N 120.6158°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.