Nova 1 (NNS-30480), the first improved Transit/Nova navigation satellite for the U.S. Navy. Scout G-1 from Vandenberg SLC-5 placed the craft in near-polar LEO to provide precise Doppler positioning for ships and submarines.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 165 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 17 Scout G-1 flights
- Date and time
- 15 May 1981, 06:07 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout G-1
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1981-044
- Launches in 1981
- 46th of 126
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