Transit-O 8 (OPS 1117), a U.S. Navy operational Transit/NNSS navigation satellite. Scout A from Vandenberg PALC-D launched it on 26 March 1966 into polar LEO to provide all-weather shipborne positioning for the fleet.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 51 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 11 Scout A flights
- Date and time
- 26 March 1966, 03:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout A
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1966-024
- Launches in 1966
- 27th of 131
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