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Transit 5A
Transit 5A was launched on December 19, 1962 aboard a Scout X-3 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 25, 1986).
COSPAR 1962 B PSI 1NORAD 509United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Transit VA-1
- Common name
- Transit 5A
- International designator
- 1962 B PSI 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 509
- GCAT identifier
- S00509
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.027
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Transit 5
- Owner
- USN BuWeps
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 5
Launch
- Date
- December 19, 1962 · 01:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 B PSISuccess
- Rocket
- Scout X-3
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad LC-D
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 700 km
- Apogee
- 723 km
- Inclination
- 90.63°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 25, 1986
- Last known active
- Dec 19, 1962
- End of operations
- Dec 19, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 59 kg
- Dry mass
- 59 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 5.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9361182 (CC0).