NOVA 2, a Transit Improvement Program (TIP) navigation satellite for the U.S. Navy's Transit system, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base to help ships and submarines fix their position via Doppler tracking.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 170 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 17 Scout G-1 flights
- Date and time
- 16 June 1988, 06:54 UTC
- Rocket
- Scout G-1
- Builder
- Vought
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 5, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1988-052
- Launches in 1988
- 53rd of 121
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