1965-065 Success

Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 5

Aug 13, 1965, 10:11 PM UTC

Track in KeepTrack

Launch Overview

Vehicle

Thor Ablestar

Agency

United States Air Force

Site / Pad

V / 75-1-1

Outcome

Success

Flight

455/AB020

COSPAR Designator

1965-065

Mission

Transit-O 5 (Navigation)

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.

Vehicle & Provider

Rocket

Thor DM-21 Ablestar

Provider

United States Air Force

Agency launches

277 (46 YTD)

Site launches

184 (25 YTD)

Pad launches

23 (3 YTD)

Payloads (24)

Piece Name Owner State Track
1965-065 Thor DSV-2A 455 USAF
1965-065 Ablestar Fairing USAF
1965-065 Ablestar Fairing USAF
1965-065 deb NNS NAVAIR US
1965-065A Adapter NRL US Track
1965-065B AJ10-104D 020 AFSSD US Track
1965-065C Dodecapole 2 NRL US Track
1965-065D Adapter NRL US Track
1965-065E NRL PL157 NRL US Track
1965-065F NNS O-5 BUWEPS US Track
1965-065G Long Rod NRL US Track
1965-065H NRL PL158 NRL US Track
1965-065J NRL PL150C NRL US Track
1965-065K Adapter NRL US Track
1965-065L NRL adapter BUWEPS US Track
1965-065M [UNID012] RCS 0.0 NAVAIR US Track
1965-065N NNS launch deb (high drag) BUWEPS US Track
1965-065P NNS launch deb (like 65H) BUWEPS US Track
1965-065P (cross-id) BUWEPS US
1965-065Q deb Ablestar 020 NAVAIR US Track
1965-065R NNS launch deb (high drag) BUWEPS US Track
1965-065S NNS launch deb (high drag) BUWEPS US Track
1965-065T NNS late deb 1 NAVAIR US Track
1965-065U deb Dodecapole 2 NRL US Track