United States Air ForceAtlas LV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 3
Launched
October 25, 1963
Image: NASA
Summary
KH-7 3 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas LV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 25, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 166th launch, 40th this year and humanity's 277th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 2196, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 131 × 320 km orbit inclined 99.1°. 4 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
- 4th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flightUnited States Air Force's 166th launch40th this yearhumanity's 277th orbital launch attempt53rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 2196 · NORAD 677 · 1963-041 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1963-041A
- Epoch
- 1963-10-26 00:25:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.20430996 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0143774
- Inclination
- 99.0517°
- Ascending node
- 13.2505°
- Arg. of perigee
- 97.5499°
- Mean anomaly
- 264.0855°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- 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
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 debris; none still in orbit
- OPS 2196 · NORAD 677 · deorbited October 29, 1963
Agena D 4703 · re-entered October 29, 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
3rd launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 3rd this year · 110th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
48 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 3 launch?
KH-7 3 launched on October 25, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 3?
Atlas LV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas LV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 3 reach?
OPS 2196, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 131 × 320 km orbit inclined 99.1°.
How many satellites did KH-7 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).