Failure

Titan IIIE | Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight)

Name: Titan IIIE | Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight)
Start: 1974-02-11T13:48:02Z

Mon 11 Feb, 13:48 UTC

Failure reason: Centaur LOX turbopump malfunction. RSO destruct at T+742 seconds.

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

Mission type: Test Flight · Orbit: High Earth Orbit

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)