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Sphinx

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Sphinx
Sphinx
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American military technology satellite. Space Plasma High Voltage Interaction Experiment. Research payload carried on test flight of Titan 3E booster. Technology Plasma interactions satellite built by NASA Lewis for NASA, USA. Launched 1974.

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Country
USA
Launch Vehicles
Titan, Titan IIIE
Bibliography
126, 6929, 13181

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    Sphinx

Chronology

1 event

1974 February 11

13:48 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC41. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan IIIE. FAILURE: Centaur LOX pump failure.. Failed Stage: U.
  • Sphinx - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Spacecraft: Sphinx. Decay Date: 1974-02-12 . Space Plasma High Voltage Interaction Experiment. Payload carried on test flight of Titan 3E booster..