1960 · United States Air Force
Transit 2A
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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
- June 22, 1960 at 05:54 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- Transit 2A
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit