NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Transit-O 9

Launch Time
Thu May 19, 1966 02:27 UTC

Rocket

Scout A
US Air Force
Status: Retired
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

Transit-O 9

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

48th orbital launch attempt

Scout

33rd mission
4th mission of 1966
24th successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission