1974 · Lockheed Martin
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.