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Transit 9
Transit 9 was launched on June 4, 1964 aboard a Scout X-4 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1964-026ANORAD 801United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Transit VC
- Common name
- Transit 9
- Other names
- NNS 03164
- International designator
- 1964-026A
- NORAD catalog number
- 801
- GCAT identifier
- S00801
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.074
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
- June 4, 1964 · 03:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 1964-026Success
- Rocket
- Scout X-4
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad LC-D
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 862 km
- Apogee
- 945 km
- Inclination
- 90.50°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 23, 1965
- End of operations
- Aug 23, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 54 kg
- Dry mass
- 54 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9361188 (CC0).