Status
Success
Transit-O 24 & 30
Launch Time
Sat Aug 03, 1985 03:31 UTC
Sat Aug 03, 1985 03:31 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Transit-O 24 & 30
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: 2
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-5, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
1985
67th orbital launch attempt
Scout
86th mission
1st mission of 1985
73rd successful mission
35th consecutive successful mission