Final flight of the Titan IV program lifted off from Vandenberg AFB carrying the classified USA-186 optical reconnaissance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, closing out a launch vehicle family dating back to 1959.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 14 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 3 Titan 404B flights
- Date and time
- 19 October 2005, 18:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 404B
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2005-042
- Launches in 2005
- 46th of 56
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