1964 · United States Air Force
Transit-O 2 & 5E-5
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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
- December 13, 1964 at 12:08 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Mission
- Transit-O 2 & 5E-5
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit