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Transit 4B
Transit 4B was launched on November 15, 1961 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1961 A ETA 1NORAD 202United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Transit IV-B
- Common name
- Transit 4B
- Payload designation
- Transit 4B
- International designator
- 1961 A ETA 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 202
- GCAT identifier
- S00202
- 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 4
Launch
- Date
- November 15, 1961 · 22:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 A ETASuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 953 km
- Apogee
- 1,108 km
- Inclination
- 32.43°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 2, 1962
- End of operations
- Aug 2, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 89 kg
- Dry mass
- 89 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 1.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9361181 (CC0).