1960 · United States Air Force
Transit 3A
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Transit 3A was a US Navy navigation satellite that was destroyed by range safety when the launch vehicle shut down too early.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 30, 1960 at 07:50 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- Transit 3A
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit