United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 30
Launched
July 12, 1966
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-7 30 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 12, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 336th launch, 37th this year and humanity's 586th orbital launch attempt. It was the 26th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 11th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 1850, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 156 × 279 km orbit inclined 95.5°. 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
- 26th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 11th this yearUnited States Air Force's 336th launch37th this yearhumanity's 586th orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 1850 · NORAD 2322 · 1966-062 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1966-062A
- Epoch
- 1966-07-12 21:52:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.23386437 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0094063
- Inclination
- 95.528°
- Ascending node
- 256.2905°
- Arg. of perigee
- 142.2988°
- Mean anomaly
- 218.433°
- 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
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- OPS 1850 · NORAD 2322 · deorbited July 20, 1966
Agena D 4828 · re-entered July 14, 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
19th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 7th this year · 223rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
38 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 30 launch?
KH-7 30 launched on July 12, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 30?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 30?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 30 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 30 reach?
OPS 1850, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 156 × 279 km orbit inclined 95.5°.
How many satellites did KH-7 30 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).