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Transit VBN-2
completed
Launch 1963-049
Launched 12/5/1963
LEO
Service G
Sat LEO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
2 payloads
Transit VBN-2
retired
Positioning Navigation Timing
LEO
Transit navigation system
Transit VE-3
retired
Science Exploration
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
12/5/1963
Launch ID
1963-049
Launch Profile
Sat LEO O
Service Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
U.S. Space Systems Command
Launch Vehicle
Thor Ablestar 2
Launch Site
Complex 75-1, Pad 1, Vandenberg AFB (Vandenberg AFB, California)
US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
2
Constellations
1
Payload Status
retired 2
Payload Mission Types
Positioning Navigation Timing 1 / Science Exploration 1
Track