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1963 · United States Air Force

Transit 5BN-1

successThor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1

Transit navigation satellite equipped with nuclear power.

Overview

Date / time: September 28, 1963 at 08:22 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 2E
Mission: Transit 5BN-1
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Polar Orbit

Thor DM-21 Ablestar →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 2

RADIATION SAT (5E-1)