Status
Success
Transit-O 6
Launch Time
Wed Dec 22, 1965 04:33 UTC
Wed Dec 22, 1965 04:33 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Transit-O 6
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.
The Transit-O series had one important change: Hysteresis rods were installed on the solar panels to dampen the residual motion after the satellite despin operation in orbit following launch).
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 58.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-5, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1965
120th orbital launch attempt
Scout
29th mission
5th mission of 1965
20th successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission