USN 710828: Transit III Conception Art
![USN 710828: Transit III-3 Conception Art. The U.S. Navy’s Transit III-3 soars around the Earth in its approximately 500-mile high orbit in an artist’s conception above. The 36-inch, approximately 200-pound sphere, was launched on the nose of an Air Force Thor-Able-Star vehicle from the Atlantic Missile Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 29, 1960. It carried a 40-pound pick-a-back Naval Research Laboratory satellite to measure solar radiation. This third Transit marks another step in the program to provide the Navy with an all-weather, worldwide navigational system. At left are the first two navigational satellites launched in the U.S. Navy Transit program, the I-B, top, and 2-A, below. Atop the 2-A is the radiation satellite similar to the unit sent aloft with the 3-A. Artwork by Roger Simmons. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. USN 710828: Transit III-3 Conception Art. The U.S. Navy’s Transit III-3 soars around the Earth in its approximately 500-mile high orbit in an artist’s conception above. The 36-inch, approximately 200-pound sphere, was launched on the nose of an Air Force Thor-Able-Star vehicle from the Atlantic Missile Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 29, 1960. It carried a 40-pound pick-a-back Naval Research Laboratory satellite to measure solar radiation. This third Transit marks another step in the program to provide the Navy with an all-weather, worldwide navigational system. At left are the first two navigational satellites launched in the U.S. Navy Transit program, the I-B, top, and 2-A, below. Atop the 2-A is the radiation satellite similar to the unit sent aloft with the 3-A. Artwork by Roger Simmons. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/prior-exhibits/2020/fly-navy-to-the-moon/additional-photographs/satellites/usn-710828/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1677507186402.jpg)
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