Nuclear Transit: nuclear-powered navigation satellites in the early 1960s

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A precursor to GPS was the Transit series of navigation satellites, dating back more than 60 years. Dwayne Day discusses some of the early Transit satellites that used nuclear rather than solar power.

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• T2Nuclear Transit: nuclear-powered navigation satellites in the early 1960sSpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review12 Feb 2024, 11:59