Transit 1B

Overview

Destination: Polar Orbit
Mission: Navigation

Polar Orbit Space Launch Complex 17B Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The Transit system was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to provide accurate location information to its Polaris ballistic missile submarines, and it was also used as a navigation system by the Navy's surface ships, as well as for hydrographic survey and geodetic surveying.

Thor DM-21 Ablestar

Family:
Configuration: DM-21

The Thor-Ablestar, or Thor Able-Star, also known as Thor-Epsilon was an early American expendable launch system consisting of a PGM-17 Thor missile, with an Ablestar upper stage. It was a member of the Thor family of rockets, and was derived from the Thor-Able.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    29.0 m
  • Diameter
    1.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    ―
  • Launch Mass
    51.0 T
  • Thrust
    760.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Thor DM-21 Ablestar
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    DM-21
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Thor DM-21 Ablestar
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    150.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

United States Air Force

United States Air Force

(USAF)

Commander-in-Chief: President of the US Founded: 1947 Successes: 972 Failures: 106 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

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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