Previous Titan 4 flights
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Posted: January 10, 2002

No. Date Site Model Payload
1 06/14/89 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/IUS DSP 14
2 06/08/90 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A NOSS
3 11/12/90 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/IUS DSP 15
4 03/08/91 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4A Lacrosse 2
5 11/07/91 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4A NOSS
6 11/28/92 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4A Keyhole
7* 08/02/93 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4A NOSS
8 02/07/94 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Milstar 1-1
9 05/03/94 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Trumpet
10 08/27/94 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Mercury
11 12/22/94 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/IUS DSP 17
12 05/14/95 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Mentor
13 07/10/95 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Trumpet
14 11/06/95 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Milstar 1-2
15 12/05/95 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4A Keyhole
16 04/24/96 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Mercury
17 05/12/96 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4A NOSS
18 07/02/96 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A SDS/Heritage
19 12/20/96 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4A Keyhole
20 02/23/97 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4B/IUS DSP 18
21 10/15/97 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4B/Centaur Cassini
22 10/23/97 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4A Lacrosse 3
23 11/07/97 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Trumpet
24 05/08/98 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4B/Centaur Mentor
25* 08/12/98 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4A/Centaur Mercury
26~ 04/09/99 SLC-41
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4B/IUS DSP 19
27~ 04/30/99 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4B/Centaur Milstar 2-1
28 05/22/99 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4B EIS 1
29 05/08/00 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4B/IUS DSP 20
30 08/17/00 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4B Lacrosse 4
31 02/27/01 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4B/Centaur Milstar 2-2
32 08/06/01 SLC-40
CCAFS, Fla.		 Titan 4B/IUS DSP 21
33 10/05/01 SLC-4E
VAFB, Calif.		 Titan 4B Keyhole
* Indicates Titan failure
~ Indicates upper stage failure

Flight data file
Vehicle: Titan 4B (B-38)
Payload: Milstar 5
Launch date: Jan. 15, 2002
Launch window: 2148-0148 GMT (4:48-8:48 p.m. EST)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida
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Communications - Overview of Boeing's Medium Data Rate and crosslink payloads on Milstar.

Antennas - Technical description of Milstar's medium data rate nulling antennas made by TRW.

DPS - TRW's digital processing subsystem on Milstar is key to payload.


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