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Transit 3A
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 30 Nov 1960, 07:50 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor DM-21 Ablestar (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Navigation
Orbit: Polar Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Transit 3A was a US Navy navigation satellite that was destroyed by range safety when the launch vehicle shut down too early.