United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 16
Launched
March 12, 1965
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-7 16 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 12, 1965. It was United States Air Force's 245th launch, 14th this year and humanity's 416th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 4920, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 153 × 300 km orbit inclined 107.6°. 3 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
- 6th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 245th launch14th this yearhumanity's 416th orbital launch attempt23rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 4920 · NORAD 1247 · 1965-019 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1965-019A
- Epoch
- 1965-03-12 23:21:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.19994777 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.011104
- Inclination
- 107.5679°
- Ascending node
- 150.077°
- Arg. of perigee
- 130.8167°
- Mean anomaly
- 230.1978°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- 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: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris; none still in orbit
- OPS 4920 · NORAD 1247 · deorbited March 17, 1965
Agena D 4816 · re-entered March 16, 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
12th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 2nd this year · 167th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
47 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 16 launch?
KH-7 16 launched on March 12, 1965. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 16?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 16?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 16 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 16 reach?
OPS 4920, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 153 × 300 km orbit inclined 107.6°.
How many satellites did KH-7 16 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).