Also called:
Transit INSA
Date of launch (location):
Sept. 2, 1972 (WTR)
Launch vehicle:
Scout
Weight (kg):
94
Shape:
Central body cylindrical; joined by
booms to two other sections (power unit, disturbance
compensation unit, and electronics unit)
Dimensions (m):
0.76 width
7.47 overall length
Power source:
RTG 930 watts
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (reimbursable)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA and U.S. Navy
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Project manager:
Robert Goss
Prime contractor:
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Laboratory
Objectives:
To provide communications support for
military navigation.
Results:
Successful.
Reference: DoD, Off. of Ass't. Secretary of Defense, "Navy Navigation Satellite," Fact Sheet, n.d.; and DoD, Off. of Asst. Secretary of Defense, "Navy and Commercial Users Share Navigation Satellite," News Release 632-72, Sept. 5, 1972.