Transit-O 18 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

2 Mar 1968, 3:55am

Location

Vandenberg SFB Launch Site

Vandenberg SFB

Pad

Space Launch Complex 5

Launch Service Provider

United States Air Force logo

United States Air Force

Vehicle

Scout A

Mission

Transit-O 18

Mission Type

Navigation

Destination

Polar Orbit

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.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC

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