United States Air ForceAtlas LV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 2
Launched
September 6, 1963
Image: NASA
Summary
KH-7 2 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas LV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 6, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 161st launch, 35th this year and humanity's 270th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 1947, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 189 × 277 km orbit inclined 94.2°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- 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
- 2nd Atlas LV-3 Agena D flightUnited States Air Force's 161st launch35th this yearhumanity's 270th orbital launch attempt46th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 1947 · NORAD 641 · 1963-036 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1963-036A
- Epoch
- 1963-09-07 03:54:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.17598164 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0066659
- Inclination
- 94.19°
- Ascending node
- 335.1088°
- Arg. of perigee
- 163.7092°
- Mean anomaly
- 196.6279°
- 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
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 4 debris; none still in orbit
- OPS 1947 · NORAD 641 · deorbited September 13, 1963
Agena D 4701? · re-entered September 14, 1963
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
2nd launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 2nd this year · 106th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
55 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 2 launch?
KH-7 2 launched on September 6, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 2?
Atlas LV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas LV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 2 reach?
OPS 1947, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 189 × 277 km orbit inclined 94.2°.
How many satellites did KH-7 2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).