Status
Success
Transit-O 12
Launch Time
Fri Apr 14, 1967 03:25 UTC
Fri Apr 14, 1967 03:25 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Transit-O 12
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
1967
37th orbital launch attempt
Scout
39th mission
2nd mission of 1967
29th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission