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Transit 1B
American naval navigation satellite. Transit 1B was launched on April 13, 1960 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 5, 1967).
COSPAR 1960 GAM 2NORAD 31United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Transit I-B
- Common name
- Transit 1B
- Payload designation
- Transit 1B
- International designator
- 1960 GAM 2
- NORAD catalog number
- 31
- GCAT identifier
- S00031
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Transit
- Owner
- ARPA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 1
Launch
- Date
- April 13, 1960 · 12:02 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 GAMSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 373 km
- Apogee
- 737 km
- Inclination
- 51.28°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 5, 1967
- Last known active
- Jul 12, 1960
- End of operations
- Jul 12, 1960
Size
- Mass
- 121 kg
- Dry mass
- 121 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 0.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4461950 (CC0).