\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> August 3, 1985
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Scout
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> 1,005/1,263 km
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Octagon, 25 cm long, 46 cm diameter
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 59 kg
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> First dual launch of Transit satellites, also called Oscar 24 and 30 respectively, in the SOOS (stacked Oscars on Scout) programme, the satellites being transferred from ground storage to storage in orbit!