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Transit 1A
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 17 Sept 1959, 02:34 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Able II (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Navigation
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
The Transit satellite system was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was used to provide accurate location for the US Navy ships. Transit 1A failed to make orbit.