In orbitRocket body

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B

NORAD: 12932
COSPAR: 1981-107C

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Spacecraft

Built by: Martin Marietta
Owner: US Air Force Space Division
Platform (bus): Transtage
Mass at launch: 1,950 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1,950 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 4.6 m
Diameter: 3.1 m
Span with arrays and booms: 4.6 m
Shape: Cyl + 2 Nozzle

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S12932, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1981-10-31
Rocket: Titan IIIC
Flight: OPS 4029
Mission name: VORTEX 3
Launch site: CC, LC40
Launched by: US Air Force Space Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1981-107

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1981-107, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1981-10-31
Period: 1445.9 min
Inclination: 5.35°
Apogee: 40,200 km
Perigee: 31,757 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: TITAN 3C R/B(1) (NORAD 12931)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit