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United States Air ForceThor DM-21 AblestarSpace Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transit-O 2 & 5E-5
Launched
December 13, 1964
Summary
Transit-O 2 & 5E-5 launched on an United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Ablestar from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 13, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 228th launch, 53rd this year and humanity's 389th orbital launch attempt. It was the 16th Thor DM-21 Ablestar flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). The tracked orbit of Transit VE-5, one of 19 catalogued objects, from December 17, 1964, was 1,040 × 1,085 km inclined 90.0°. 19 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor DM-21 Ablestar · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Navigation · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 16th Thor DM-21 Ablestar flight · 3rd this yearUnited States Air Force's 228th launch53rd this yearhumanity's 389th orbital launch attempt96th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Transit VE-5 · NORAD 959 · 1964-083 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 19 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 6582 (5 E-5)
- Object ID
- 1964-083C
- Epoch
- 1964-12-17 08:03:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.54604382 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.003052
- Inclination
- 89.9939°
- Ascending node
- 143.9536°
- Arg. of perigee
- 311.512°
- Mean anomaly
- 48.2266°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 59
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO.
Catalogued objects
19 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 11 debris, 5 components; 7 still in orbit
- Transit VE-5 · NORAD 959 · in orbit
- NNS 30020 · NORAD 965 · in orbit
Ablestar 017 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
14th launch from Space Launch Complex 2W, 5th this year · 157th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
99 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
67 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Transit-O 2 & 5E-5 launch?
Transit-O 2 & 5E-5 launched on December 13, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Transit-O 2 & 5E-5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Transit-O 2 & 5E-5?
Thor DM-21 Ablestar, flown by United States Air Force. Thor DM-21 Ablestar spec sheet
Where did Transit-O 2 & 5E-5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Transit-O 2 & 5E-5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Transit VE-5, one of 19 catalogued objects, from December 17, 1964, was 1,040 × 1,085 km inclined 90.0°.
How many satellites did Transit-O 2 & 5E-5 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).