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Transit navigation satellite program
Transit navigation satellite program is explored here through 7 archived missions, from Transit 1A through Transit 4B, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.
- Missions
- 7
- People
- 0
- Vehicles
- 8
Explore this program
Choose a path through the Transit navigation satellite program archive.
Explore the Transit navigation satellite program program
Follow 7 archived missions, their spacecraft, science payloads, milestones, and source-backed records in one program collection.
Program details1959–19617 mission records
Flight record7 flights7 robotic or uncrewed
First flown missionTransit 1ASeptember 17, 1959
Latest flown missionTransit 4BNovember 15, 1961
Program story
This collection brings together the mission records currently available for Transit navigation satellite program. Use the sections above to move from the chronological flight record to science payloads, spacecraft, timeline milestones, and archival imagery.