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Transit-O 8
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 26 Mar 1966, 03:31 am UTC
Rocket: Scout A (Scout)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Navigation
Orbit: Polar Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
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.