United States Air ForceScout X-4Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transit VC
Launched
June 4, 1964
Image: U.S. Air Force
Summary
Transit VC launched on an United States Air Force Scout X-4 from Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 4, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 193rd launch, 18th this year and humanity's 325th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Scout X-4 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Transit VC, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 858 × 963 km orbit inclined 90.4°. 9 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Scout X-4 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Navigation · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Scout X-4 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 193rd launch18th this yearhumanity's 325th orbital launch attempt32nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Transit VC · NORAD 801 · 1964-026 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 9 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 4412 (TRANSIT 9)
- Object ID
- 1964-026A
- Epoch
- 1964-06-04 08:24:28 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.97218155 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0071691
- Inclination
- 90.4212°
- Ascending node
- 10.849°
- Arg. of perigee
- 105.6274°
- Mean anomaly
- 255.1651°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
9 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 4 debris, 3 components; 4 still in orbit
- Transit VC · NORAD 801 · in orbit
Scout S125R Stage 4 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Transit 5C-1 was similar to the Transit 5A series series but involved some redesign to improve performance.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
11th launch from Space Launch Complex 5, 1st this year · 130th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
69 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
167 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Transit VC launch?
Transit VC launched on June 4, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Transit VC?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Transit VC?
Scout X-4, flown by United States Air Force. Scout X-4 spec sheet
Where did Transit VC launch from?
Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Transit VC reach?
Transit VC, one of 9 catalogued objects, reached a 858 × 963 km orbit inclined 90.4°.
How many satellites did Transit VC launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).