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1964 · United States Air Force

Transit-5BN 3

failureThor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 3

Transit navigation satellite equipped with nuclear power.

Overview

Date / time: April 21, 1964 at 06:50 PM UTC
Outcome: failure
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 2E
Mission: Transit-5BN 3
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Polar Orbit

Thor DM-21 Ablestar →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →