Status
Success
Transit-O 27 & 29
Launch Time
Wed Sep 16, 1987 19:22 UTC
Wed Sep 16, 1987 19:22 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Transit-O 27 & 29
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
1987
84th orbital launch attempt
Scout
89th mission
1st mission of 1987
76th successful mission
38th consecutive successful mission