Mission record
Titan IIIE | Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight)
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
HEO
Mission type
Test Flight
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 11 Feb 1974 13:48:02 GMT
Orbital launch #
#1544 ever
Failure
Centaur LOX turbopump malfunction. RSO destruct at T+742 seconds.
Mission
Sphinx is the designation of an American test satellite. The Sphinx satellite was the payload for the first Titan IIIE Centaur rocket.