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Transit 2A
American naval navigation satellite. Transit 2A was launched on June 22, 1960 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1960 ETA 1NORAD 45United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Transit II-A
- Common name
- Transit 2A
- Payload designation
- Transit 2A
- International designator
- 1960 ETA 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 45
- GCAT identifier
- S00045
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Transit
- Owner
- USN BuWeps
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 1
Launch
- Date
- June 22, 1960 · 05:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 ETASuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 626 km
- Apogee
- 1,046 km
- Inclination
- 66.77°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 26, 1962
- End of operations
- Oct 26, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 100 kg
- Dry mass
- 100 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 Q9361179 (CC0).