Transit 1A

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Navigation

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 17A Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The Transit satellite system was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was used to provide accurate location for the US Navy ships. Transit 1A failed to make orbit.

Thor Able II

Family:
Configuration: Able II

American orbital launch vehicle. Thor with Able stage derived from Vanguard second stage.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    27.3 m
  • Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Launch Mass
    52.0 T
  • Thrust
    668.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Thor Able II
  • Family
  • Variant
    Able II
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Thor Able II
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas

(MDC)

Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

WIKI

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 17A


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