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The mission
UV background. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1964-083; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 13 December 1964, 00:08:10 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Thor Ablestar
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (polar)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 30 June 1965
Historical mission record
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Hardware
Spacecraft
Transit VE-5
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- GCAT ID
- S00959
- Manufacturer
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Launch mass
- 77 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.9 m long · 0.5 m diameter · 5.9 m span
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