United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 25
Launched
February 15, 1966
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-7 25 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on February 15, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 306th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 530th orbital launch attempt. It was the 17th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 1184, one of 40 catalogued objects, reached a 155 × 298 km orbit inclined 96.5°. 40 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 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
- 17th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 306th launch7th this yearhumanity's 530th orbital launch attempt13th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 1184 · NORAD 2012 · 1966-012 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 40 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1966-012A
- Epoch
- 1966-02-16 00:24:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.20030654 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0108362
- Inclination
- 96.538°
- Ascending node
- 148.6481°
- Arg. of perigee
- 126.367°
- Mean anomaly
- 234.6777°
- 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
40 catalogued: 3 payloads, 37 debris; none still in orbit
- OPS 1184 · NORAD 2012 · re-entered February 23, 1966
- OPS 3011 · NORAD 2014 · re-entered February 16, 1966
- OPS 3031 · NORAD 2015 · re-entered February 22, 1966
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
14th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 2nd this year · 205th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
27 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 25 launch?
KH-7 25 launched on February 15, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 25?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 25?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 25 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 25 reach?
OPS 1184, one of 40 catalogued objects, reached a 155 × 298 km orbit inclined 96.5°.
How many satellites did KH-7 25 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).