Transit-O 10 (Oscar), an operational U.S. Navy Transit navigation satellite providing all-weather position fixes for ballistic-missile submarines. Scout A from Vandenberg SLC-5 lofted it on 18 August 1966 into polar LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 49 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 11 Scout A flights
- Date and time
- 18 August 1966, 02:25 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout A
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1966-076
- Launches in 1966
- 83rd of 131
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