1965 · United States Air Force
Transit-O 6
successScout A | Transit-O 6
The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 22, 1965 at 04:33 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5
- Mission
- Transit-O 6
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit