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SphinxTitan IIIE Maiden Flight

Failure Lockheed Martin, Titan IIIE

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

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to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Rocket and boosterTitan IIIE
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Titan IIIE

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