Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1

Launch information

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Mission description

Transit navigation satellite equipped with nuclear power.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1’.

Launch image Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Sept. 28, 1963, 8:22 p.m.

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Transit 5BN-1 (PO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Thor DM-21 Ablestar

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Type

Navigation

Orbit

Polar Orbit (PO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
670 TRANSIT 5B-1 LEO 89.98 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit
671 RADIATION SAT (5E 1) LEO 89.98 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#272

To this date

Location Launch

#109

To this date

Pad Launch

#13

To this date

Agency Launch

#164

To this date

Orbital Launch

#49

Year 1963

Location Launch

#27

Year 1963

Pad Launch

#5

Year 1963

Agency Launch

#38

Year 1963

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