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                 Comprehensive Orbital Titan Failure List

Date        Vehicle     ID     Site     Payload                  Failure Description                       Result#
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9/1/1964    Titan-3A    3A-2   CC LC20  Transtage 1              TS* He valv; 391s burn, 15s short           FTO 
10/15/1965  Titan-3C    3C-4   CC LC40  LCS 2/OV-2 1             TS fld before 3rd burn; OX leak; tumbled   (LEO)
12/21/1965  Titan-3C    3C-8   CC LC41  LES 3,4/OV-2 3/Oscar 4   TS 3rd burn fld; stuck OX valve; no sep    (GTO)
8/26/1966   Titan-3C    3C-12  CC LC41  IDCSP(8-14)/GGTS 2       Early P/L shroud sep; RSO at T+83s          FTO 
4/26/1967   Titan-3B    3B-5   V SLC4W  KH-8 5                   2nd stage malfunction                       FTO 
11/6/1970   Titan-3C    3C-19  CC LC40  DSP 1                    TS last burn failed, sat unusable sub-GEO  (GTO)
2/16/1972   Titan-33B   3B-37  V SLC4W  Jumpseat                 Agena Failed	                             FTO 
5/20/1972   Titan-24B   3B-35  V SLC4W  KH-8 35                  Agena Failed		                     FTO 
6/26/1973   Titan-24B   3B-43  V SLC4W  KH-8 39                  FTO (unknown cause)                         FTO 
2/11/1974   Titan-3E    3E-1   CC LC41  Sphinx/Viking SD         Centaur start failed; LOX boost pump        FTO 
5/20/1975   Titan-3C    3C-25  CC LC40  DSCS-2 5/DSCS-2 6        TS guidnce IMU failed, decyd 5/26          (LEO)         
3/25/1978   Titan-3C    3C-35  CC LC40  DSCS-2 9/DSCS-2 10       2nd stg no start; Rng Safety (RSO)          FTO 
4/24/1981   Titan-34B   3B-60  V SLC4W  Jumpseat                 Agena fail. 700 km apogee. 39377km plan    (EEO)
8/28/1985   Titan-34D   34D-7  V SLC4E  KH-11 7                  1st stg shutdown after start, fuel leak     FTO 
4/18/1986   Titan-34D   34D-9  V SLC4E  KH-9 20/SSF-D 6          SRM** expolded T+16s                        FTO 
9/2/1988    Titan-34D   34D-3  CC LC40  Chalet 5 (Vortex 5)      TS last burn failed, no GEO                (GTO)       
3/14/1990   Commrcl-T3  CT-2   CC LC40  Intelsat-6 3/Orbus-21S   2nd stg no sep frm Orbus (Titan design)    (LEO)     
8/2/1993    Titan-403A  K-11   V SLC4E  NOSS 13 + 3 Subsat       SRM exploded T+101s                         FTO 
10/5/1993   Titan-23G   23G-5  V SLC4W  Landsat 6                Star-37 third stage failed                  FTO 
8/12/1998   Titan 401A  A-20   CC LC41  Vortex 2 (NRO)           Expld T+41.3s, Pwr glitch caused pitchover  FTO 
4/9/1999    Titan 402B  B-27   CC LC41  DSP 19                   IUS% SRM-2 apogee failed due SRM-1 bad sep (GTO)
4/30/1999   Titan 401B  B-32   CC LC40  Milstar 2 F1	         Bad Centaur attitude control software      (EEO)
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Footnotes:

*  TS:  Transtage (Hypergolic upper stage manufactured by Martin (Marietta)
%  IUS:  Intertial Upper Stage (Two-unit solid motor upper stage manufactured by Boeing)
** SRM:  segmented Solid Rocket Motor used on Titan 3C, 34D, 4xxA (manufactured by Alliant)
#  FTO:  Failed to Orbit
   (EEO):  Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
   (GTO):  Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
   (LEO):  Unintended Low Earth Orbit

References:

Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html"
Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/"
Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space"
Stumpf, David K., "Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program",  
  The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2000.
TRW Space Log 1957-1996, TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA. 

Last Update 11-2-2003 by Ed Kyle