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Lockheed MartinTitan IIIESpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight)
Launched
February 11, 1974
Summary
Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight) launched on a Lockheed Martin Titan IIIE from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 11, 1974. The mission failed: Centaur LOX turbopump malfunction. RSO destruct at T+742 seconds. It was Lockheed Martin's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 1,544th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Titan IIIE flight. The payload was bound for High Earth Orbit (HEO).
- Result
- Centaur LOX turbopump malfunction. RSO destruct at T+742 seconds.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIE · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · High Earth Orbit (HEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Titan IIIE flightLockheed Martin's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 1,544th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
About this launch
Sphinx is the designation of an American test satellite. The Sphinx satellite was the payload for the first Titan IIIE Centaur rocket.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
11th launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 1st this year · 281st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
about 5 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight) launch?
Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight) launched on February 11, 1974. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight) fail?
Centaur LOX turbopump malfunction. RSO destruct at T+742 seconds.
Where can I watch Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight)?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight)?
Titan IIIE, flown by Lockheed Martin. Titan IIIE spec sheet
Where did Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight) going to?
High Earth Orbit (HEO), a test flight mission.