Engineering:Sphinx (satellite)
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Short description: Designation of an American test satellite
 Sphinx | |
| Operator | NASA |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Plasma High Voltage Interaction Experiment |
| Spacecraft type | Satellite |
| Expedition | |
| Began | February 11, 1974 |
| Start of mission | |
| Rocket | Titan IIIE Centaur |
Sphinx is the designation of an American test satellite. The Sphinx satellite was the payload for the first Titan IIIE Centaur rocket. It was launched on February 11, 1974 from a Titan IIIE Centaur. However, the rocket did not reach Earth orbit[1] because the second stage failed to ignite, at which point the range safety officer ordered the rocket destroyed.[2] The satellite was destroyed along with its support, the launched with the Viking Dynamic Simulator.[1]
SPHINX stood for Space Plasma High Voltage Interaction Experiment.[1] It was designed to test high-voltage equipment in outer space.[1]
See also
- 1974 in spaceflight
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=SPHINX.
- ↑ "Titan/Centaur failure is severe setback for NASA". New Scientist. 1974-02-21. https://books.google.com/books?id=YGQBmUNfJ3IC&pg=PA469. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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