Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight)
Titan IIIE
Lockheed Martin
Mission
Sphinx (Titan IIIE maiden flight)
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: High Earth Orbit
Sphinx is the designation of an American test satellite. The Sphinx satellite was the payload for the first Titan IIIE Centaur rocket.
Centaur LOX turbopump malfunction. RSO destruct at T+742 seconds.
Location
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Space Launch Complex 41 has witnessed the launch of 115 rockets, including 115 orbital launch attempts. While Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1029 rocket launches.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Agency
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
