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United States Air ForceThor DM-21 AblestarSpace Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transit-O 5
Launched
August 13, 1965
Summary
Transit-O 5 launched on an United States Air Force Thor DM-21 Ablestar from Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 13, 1965. It was United States Air Force's 277th launch, 46th this year and humanity's 466th orbital launch attempt. It was the 19th Thor DM-21 Ablestar flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). The tracked orbit of Dodecapole 2, one of 19 catalogued objects, from August 16, 1965, was 1,101 × 1,189 km inclined 90.0°. 19 objects from this launch are catalogued, 6 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
- 19th Thor DM-21 Ablestar flight · 3rd this yearUnited States Air Force's 277th launch46th this yearhumanity's 466th orbital launch attempt73rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Dodecapole 2 · NORAD 1510 · 1965-065 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 19 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- DODECAPOLE 2
- Object ID
- 1965-065C
- Epoch
- 1965-08-16 08:57:18 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.32350141 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0058539
- Inclination
- 90.0244°
- Ascending node
- 355.3747°
- Arg. of perigee
- 291.3318°
- Mean anomaly
- 68.0544°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 33
- 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: 6 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 6 debris, 6 components; 14 still in orbit
- Dodecapole 2 · NORAD 1510 · in orbit
- Tempsat 1 · NORAD 1512 · in orbit
- NNS 30050 · NORAD 1514 · in orbit
- Navspasur Rod · NORAD 1515 · in orbit
- Calsphere · NORAD 1520 · in orbit
- SURCAL 5 · NORAD 1577 · in orbit
Ablestar 020 · 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 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
23rd launch from Space Launch Complex 2E, 3rd this year · 184th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
47 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
49 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Transit-O 5 launch?
Transit-O 5 launched on August 13, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Transit-O 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Transit-O 5?
Thor DM-21 Ablestar, flown by United States Air Force. Thor DM-21 Ablestar spec sheet
Where did Transit-O 5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Transit-O 5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Dodecapole 2, one of 19 catalogued objects, from August 16, 1965, was 1,101 × 1,189 km inclined 90.0°.
How many satellites did Transit-O 5 launch?
6 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).