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Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight)

failureTitan IIIE | Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight)

Sphinx is the designation of an American test satellite. The Sphinx satellite was the payload for the first Titan IIIE Centaur rocket.

Overview

Date / time
February 11, 1974 at 01:48 PM UTC
Outcome
failure
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41
Mission
Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight)
Mission type
Test Flight
Orbit achieved
High Earth Orbit
FailureCentaur LOX turbopump malfunction. RSO destruct at T+742 seconds.
Launch vehicle
Titan IIIE →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin →