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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulNavigationScout A-1
Launched 1973-10-30 00:37:02 UTCSpace Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Worldwide
88th
orbital launch attempt in 1973
United States Air Force
16th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 5
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
317 d 13 h
since the pad's previous 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.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
22m
Diameter
1m
Liftoff thrust
440kN
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