* Astronomy

On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory that the U.S. Navy hoped would provide accurate location informati...

The Transit 1B satellite, was successfully launched on the 13th April, 1960, by a Thor-Ablestar rocket. The TRANSIT system, also known as NAVSAT (for Navy Navigation Satellite System), was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was primarily used by the US Na...

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NAVSAT APL space program (Preview)	Mission News	0	607	Mar 1 14:09 2010 by Blobrana
On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory that the U.S. Navy hoped would provide accurate location informati...
NAVSAT Transit 1B satellite (Preview)	Mission News	0	1076	Apr 12 21:21 2010 by Blobrana
The Transit 1B satellite, was successfully launched on the 13th April, 1960, by a Thor-Ablestar rocket. The TRANSIT system, also known as NAVSAT (for Navy Navigation Satellite System), was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was primarily used by the US Na...