Launch vehicle
Titan IIIE
- Height
- 48.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.05 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 7
- First flight
- 1974-02-11
Historical mission record
This page records Titan IIIE | Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight) and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Failure
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Sphinx is the designation of an American test satellite. The Sphinx satellite was the payload for the first Titan IIIE Centaur rocket.
- Launch vehicle
- Titan IIIE
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- High Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Recorded timing
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Mission update
Centaur LOX turbopump malfunction. RSO destruct at T+742 seconds.
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch site
DestinationHigh Earth Orbit
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