United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 15
Launched
January 23, 1965
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-7 15 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on January 23, 1965. It was United States Air Force's 237th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 399th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 4703, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 143 × 295 km orbit inclined 102.6°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- 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
- 5th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 237th launch6th this yearhumanity's 399th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 4703 · NORAD 980 · 1965-005 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 4703
- Object ID
- 1965-005A
- Epoch
- 1965-01-24 11:50:56 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.22804187 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0115874
- Inclination
- 102.5779°
- Ascending node
- 117.2466°
- Arg. of perigee
- 137.8488°
- Mean anomaly
- 223.0479°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 11
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- OPS 4703 · NORAD 980 · deorbited January 29, 1965
Agena D 4812 · re-entered January 25, 1965
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
11th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 1st this year · 163rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
92 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 15 launch?
KH-7 15 launched on January 23, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 15?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 15?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 15 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 15 reach?
OPS 4703, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 143 × 295 km orbit inclined 102.6°.
How many satellites did KH-7 15 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).