United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 10
Launched
August 14, 1964
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-7 10 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 14, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 206th launch, 31st this year and humanity's 347th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 3802, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 171 × 306 km orbit inclined 95.5°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flightUnited States Air Force's 206th launch31st this yearhumanity's 347th orbital launch attempt54th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 3802 · NORAD 850 · 1964-045 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1964-045A
- Epoch
- 1964-08-15 06:24:10 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.15699053 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0102056
- Inclination
- 95.4965°
- Ascending node
- 350.4918°
- Arg. of perigee
- 142.1521°
- Mean anomaly
- 218.6387°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- OPS 3802 · NORAD 850 · re-entered August 23, 1964
- Hitchhiker III · NORAD 851 · re-entered March 8, 1979
Agena D 4808 · re-entered August 16, 1964
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
1st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 1st this year · 140th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 10 launch?
KH-7 10 launched on August 14, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 10?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 10?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 10 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 10 reach?
OPS 3802, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 171 × 306 km orbit inclined 95.5°.
How many satellites did KH-7 10 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).