Sunday, May 6, 1990

Transit 5BN-1

  1963-038B


The Transit VB series were launched on Thor Ablestar rockets. They carried the suffix 'N' to denote the presence of a nuclear RTG, the SNAP 9A, instead of solar panels. 5BN-1 was launched on Ablestar 016.


Transit VBN-1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1963 Sep 28  2022  Launch by Thor Ablestar  V 75-1-1 
 2024  Thor MECO (T+2:28) 
 2024  Ablestar burn (T+2:31) 
 2024  Thor sep (T+2:32) 
 2024  Thor VECO (T+2:40) 
 2029  Ablestar MECO (T+7:23)  300? x 1070? x 89.9  
 2100  Ablestar burn 2 (T+38:22) 
 2100  Ablestar MECO (T+38:30) 
 2102  Ablestar sep (T+40:12)  107.0 1073 x 1128 x 89.9 (VCR) 
   1075 x 1127 x 89.90 (RAE) 
1963 Sep 28   Extended boom, stabilized 
1963 Sep 30   Start tumbling 
1963 Oct 14  Stabilized 
1963 Dec 22   End of transmissions 

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