Status
Success
Transit-O 8
Launch Time
Sat Mar 26, 1966 03:31 UTC
Sat Mar 26, 1966 03:31 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Transit-O 8
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
1966
27th orbital launch attempt
Scout
31st mission
2nd mission of 1966
22nd successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission