LaunchesTransit 3A
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Transit 3A
Thor DM-21 Ablestar · Navigation
1960Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Transit 3A was a US Navy navigation satellite that was destroyed by range safety when the launch vehicle shut down too early.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Ablestar
- Orbit
- PO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2