Sphinx
Class: Technology. Type: Military. Nation: USA.

Space Plasma High Voltage Interaction Experiment. Research payload carried on test flight of Titan 3E booster.

Associated Launch Vehicle: Titan 3E.

Sphinx Chronology
  • 1974 February 11 - Sphinx - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Titan 3E. FAILURE: Centaur LOX pump failure.

    Space Plasma High Voltage Interaction Experiment. Payload carried on test flight of Titan 3E booster.

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Bramscher, Robert G, Spaceflight, "A Survey of Launch Vehicle Failures", 1980, Volume 22, page 351.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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