Key statistics
Satellite TRANSIT 2A at a glance.
Uptime
23811
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
66.7
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TRANSIT 2A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TRANSIT 2A
International designator: 1960-007A
Object number (NORAD): 45
Object ID (CCSDS): 45
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.305 minutes
Inclination: 66.6938 deg
SMA: 7151.129 km
Apoapsis: 950.444 km
Periapsis: 595.545 km
RAAN: 48.0633 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02481417
Argument of periapsis: 9.4216 deg
Mean anomaly: 351.1412 deg
Mean motion: 14.35624303 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000262 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000090233452 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 7:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TRANSIT 2A
TLE line 1: 1 00045U 60007A 25242.83237913 .00000262 00000-0 90233-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 00045 66.6938 48.0633 0248142 9.4216 351.1412 14.35624303338367
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TRANSIT 2A.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object TRANSIT 2A.
Associated space launch
The Transit system was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to provide accurate location information to its Polaris ballistic missile submarines, and it was also used as a navigation system by the Navy's surface ships, as well as for hydrographic survey and geodetic surveying.
TRANSIT 2A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 2A’, on board a Thor DM-21 Ablestar space rocket.
The launch took place on June 22, 1960, 5:54 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 17B.
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 2A
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 22, 1960, 5:54 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor DM-21 Ablestar
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 17B
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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