April 13
Posted in White History on Apr 13th, 2012
1960 The Transit-1B, America’s first navigational satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral on a Thor-Ablestar rocket. The Ablestar carried out the first engine restart in space to refine the orbit. The satellite carried 2 ultrastable oscillators, 2 telemetry transmitters and receivers, batteries and solar cells, and was used to meet the Navy’s need for accurately [...]