Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 2

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 2’.

Launch image Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 2

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Dec. 5, 1963, 9:51 p.m.

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

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

Mission

Transit-5BN 2 (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 2’ 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
704 TRANSIT 5B-2 LEO 89.92 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit
705 TRANSIT 5E 3 LEO 89.92 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 2’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#286

To this date

Location Launch

#114

To this date

Pad Launch

#14

To this date

Agency Launch

#172

To this date

Orbital Launch

#63

Year 1963

Location Launch

#32

Year 1963

Pad Launch

#6

Year 1963

Agency Launch

#46

Year 1963

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