OPS 1593 (Transit-O 7), an operational U.S. Navy Transit navigation satellite providing Doppler position fixes for ballistic-missile submarines and other users. Scout A from Vandenberg lofted it on 28 January 1966 into a polar LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 50 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 11 Scout A flights
- Date and time
- 28 January 1966, 17:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout A
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1966-005
- Launches in 1966
- 6th of 131
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