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Transit O-6
Navigation satellite. Transit O-6 was launched on December 22, 1965 aboard a Scout A from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1965-109ANORAD 1864United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- NNS 30060
- Common name
- Transit O-6
- Payload designation
- NNS O-6
- International designator
- 1965-109A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1864
- GCAT identifier
- S01864
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.126
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- NNS A
- Owner
- USN BuWeps
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Transit 5
Launch
- Date
- December 22, 1965 · 04:33 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-109Success
- Rocket
- Scout A
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad PALC-D
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 907 km
- Apogee
- 1,084 km
- Inclination
- 89.10°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 5, 1966
- End of operations
- Aug 5, 1966
Size
- Mass
- 51 kg
- Dry mass
- 51 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 Q28697192 (CC0).