Key statistics
Satellite TRANSIT 5B-2 at a glance.
Uptime
22495
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
89.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TRANSIT 5B-2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TRANSIT 5B-2
International designator: 1963-049B
Object number (NORAD): 704
Object ID (CCSDS): 704
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.898 minutes
Inclination: 89.9182 deg
SMA: 7461.153 km
Apoapsis: 1108.124 km
Periapsis: 1057.912 km
RAAN: 73.2668 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0033649
Argument of periapsis: 210.3118 deg
Mean anomaly: 207.6582 deg
Mean motion: 13.47081451 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000053 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000071676 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TRANSIT 5B-2
TLE line 1: 1 00704U 63049B 25187.62679134 .00000053 00000-0 71676-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 00704 89.9182 73.2668 0033649 210.3118 207.6582 13.47081451 24801
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TRANSIT 5B-2.
Associated space launch
Transit navigation satellite equipped with nuclear power.
TRANSIT 5B-2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 2’, on board a Thor DM-21 Ablestar space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 5, 1963, 9:51 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2E.
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 5, 1963, 9:51 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor DM-21 Ablestar
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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