Status
Success
Transit-O 25 & 31
Launch Time
Thu Aug 25, 1988 06:59 UTC
Thu Aug 25, 1988 06:59 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Transit-O 25 & 31
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
1988
78th orbital launch attempt
Scout
93rd mission
4th mission of 1988
80th successful mission
42nd consecutive successful mission