Mission record

Scout A | Transit-O 13

Scout A· Space Launch Complex 5· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
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
Thu, 18 May 1967 09:05:01 GMT
Orbital launch #
#701 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.

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