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Transit 5E-1
Artificial satellite of the United States Department of Defense. Transit 5E-1 was launched on September 28, 1963 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1963-038CNORAD 671United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Transit VE-1
- Common name
- Transit 5E-1
- Payload designation
- APL SN-39
- Other names
- VE-1
- International designator
- 1963-038C
- NORAD catalog number
- 671
- GCAT identifier
- S00671
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.052
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Transit 5E
- Owner
- USN BuWeps
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 5
Launch
- Date
- September 28, 1963 · 20:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-038Success
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 1,071 km
- Apogee
- 1,129 km
- Inclination
- 89.90°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- November 1974
- End of operations
- November 1974
Size
- Mass
- 59 kg
- Dry mass
- 59 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q54385 (CC0).