MISSION NAME
Transit-O 14 14
Status
Success
DATE
25 SEP 1967
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 5
Description
The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.
Scout A
Rocket Description
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.