1965 · United States Air Force
Transit-O 3
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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
- March 11, 1965 at 01:39 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E
- Mission
- Transit-O 3
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit