Date of launch (location):
Oct. 28, 1977 (WTR)
Launch vehicle:
Scout
Weight (kg):
162
Shape:
Octagonal with four solar paddles and
antennas
Dimensions (m):
Not available
Power source:
Solar panels plus NiCd
batteries
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 for Western Union Telegraph Co.
Objectives:
To provide improved navigational
support for the Navy; part of the Navy Navigation Satellite
System.
Results:
Launch successful.
Reference: NASA, "Transit Mission Operations Report," M-490-601-77-03, Sept. 30, 1977.