Transit-O 3 (NNS 30030, OPS 7087), a U.S. Navy operational Transit navigation satellite, co-manifested with SECOR 2. Thor-DSV2A Able-Star from Vandenberg lofted the stack on 11 March 1965 into polar orbit (partial failure on the dual-payload flight).
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 72 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 17th
- of 19 Thor DM-21 Ablestar flights
- Date and time
- 11 March 1965, 13:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor DM-21 Ablestar
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1965-017
- Launches in 1965
- 21st of 124
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