United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 35
Launched
December 5, 1966
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-7 35 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 5, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 366th launch, 67th this year and humanity's 637th orbital launch attempt. It was the 38th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 23rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 1890, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 143 × 400 km orbit inclined 104.6°. 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
- 38th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 23rd this yearUnited States Air Force's 366th launch67th this yearhumanity's 637th orbital launch attempt120th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 1890 · NORAD 2606 · 1966-109 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OPS 1890
- Object ID
- 1966-109A
- Epoch
- 1966-12-06 01:08:34 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.03776045 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0193535
- Inclination
- 104.6278°
- Ascending node
- 82.4205°
- Arg. of perigee
- 134.0162°
- Mean anomaly
- 227.6487°
- 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 1890 · NORAD 2606 · deorbited December 14, 1966
Agena D 4833 · re-entered December 8, 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
24th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 12th this year · 241st from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
33 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 35 launch?
KH-7 35 launched on December 5, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 35?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 35?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 35 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 35 reach?
OPS 1890, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 143 × 400 km orbit inclined 104.6°.
How many satellites did KH-7 35 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).