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Transit VBN-1

SuccessfulLEO

Date1963-09-28

Launch vehicleThor Ablestar 2

OperatorUS Space Force

Launch siteVandenberg Space Force Base · Site guide →

CountryUnited States

OrbitLEO

COSPAR1963-038

Payloads2

Payloads deployed (2)

TRANSIT 5B-1 · USN BuWeps
RADIATION SAT (5E 1) · USN BuWeps

Other catalogued objects (6)

Rocket bodies and debris from this launch.

8 objects from this launch are entered in the Orbital Register, the record of every flight that has ended.

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