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Transit 12
Transit 12 was launched on March 26, 1966 aboard a Scout A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1966-024ANORAD 2119United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- NNS 30080
- Common name
- Transit 12
- Payload designation
- NNS O-8
- International designator
- 1966-024A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2119
- GCAT identifier
- S02119
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.135
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- NNS A
- Owner
- USN BuWeps
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 5
Launch
- Date
- March 26, 1966 · 03:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 1966-024Success
- Rocket
- Scout A
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad PALC-D
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 892 km
- Apogee
- 1,124 km
- Inclination
- 89.72°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 25, 1967
- End of operations
- Feb 25, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 51 kg
- Dry mass
- 51 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28697258 (CC0).