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Titan IVB/Centaur | Cassini-Huygens
Lockheed Martin(LMT)Commercial
Titan IVB/Centaur
Wednesday, October 15, 1997 at 8:43 AM
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NASA's large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science divisions.
Aug 22, 1975 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#4,181
LMT Mission
#29
Pad Launch
#45
Location Launch
#535
Designator
1997-061
Launch Window
NET
Oct 15, 1997, 8:43 AM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Titan IVB/Centaur Specs
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1997
Fastest Turnaround
5mo 3d
Total Launches
7
Successful
6
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
4
Maiden flight: Oct 15, 1997
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Founded
1953
Total Launches
80
Successful
77
Failed
3
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
38
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Oct 15, 1997, 4:43 AM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778