United States Air ForceAtlas LV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 13
Launched
October 23, 1964
Image: NASA
Summary
KH-7 13 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas LV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 23, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 219th launch, 44th this year and humanity's 373rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 12th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight and the 7th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 4384, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 147 × 274 km orbit inclined 95.6°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas LV-3 Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 12th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight · 7th this yearUnited States Air Force's 219th launch44th this yearhumanity's 373rd orbital launch attempt80th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 4384 · NORAD 912 · 1964-068 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1964-068A
- Epoch
- 1964-10-24 14:39:06 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.26078822 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0096797
- Inclination
- 95.5559°
- Ascending node
- 5.987°
- Arg. of perigee
- 168.8821°
- Mean anomaly
- 191.3341°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 14
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- OPS 4384 · NORAD 912 · deorbited October 28, 1964
- STEP 13 · NORAD 914 · re-entered February 23, 1965
- SRV Mission 4013 · NORAD 918 · re-entered October 29, 1964
Agena D 4811 · re-entered November 4, 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 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
10th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 6th this year · 151st from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
108 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 13 launch?
KH-7 13 launched on October 23, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 13?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 13?
Atlas LV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas LV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 13 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 13 reach?
OPS 4384, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 147 × 274 km orbit inclined 95.6°.
How many satellites did KH-7 13 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).