Mission record
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 5
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
PO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Fri, 13 Aug 1965 22:11:24 GMT
Orbital launch #
#466 ever
Mission
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.
Deployed payloads · 1