1960 · United States Air Force
Transit 1B
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The Transit system was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to provide accurate location information to its Polaris ballistic missile submarines, and it was also used as a navigation system by the Navy's surface ships, as well as for hydrographic survey and geodetic surveying.
Overview
- Date / time
- April 13, 1960 at 12:02 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- Transit 1B
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit