Transit-O 8
Scout A
United States Air Force
Mission
Transit-O 8
Type: Navigation
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.
Location
Space Launch Complex 5
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
707 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Rocket
Scout A – Vought
Family: Scout
Length: 25 m
Diameter: 1.01 m
Launch Mass: 17 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 122 kg
The Scout A was manufactured by Vought with the first launch on 1965-12-22. Scout A has 11 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 11 launches. The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
Agency
United States Air Force
Type: Government
Abbreviation: USAF
Country: USA
