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Transit VE-3
Transit VE-3 was launched on December 5, 1963 aboard a Thor Ablestar from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1963-049CNORAD 705United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Transit VE-3
- Payload designation
- APL SN-41
- Other names
- VE-3
- International designator
- 1963-049C
- NORAD catalog number
- 705
- GCAT identifier
- S00705
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.058
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
- December 5, 1963 · 21:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-049Success
- Rocket
- Thor Ablestar
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad 75-1-1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 1,066 km
- Apogee
- 1,119 km
- Inclination
- 89.95°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 9, 1964
- End of operations
- Mar 9, 1964
Size
- Mass
- 52 kg
- Dry mass
- 52 kg
- Length
- 0.3 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 Q9361190 (CC0).