United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 37
Launched
May 22, 1967
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-7 37 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 22, 1967. It was United States Air Force's 397th launch, 25th this year and humanity's 703rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 44th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 4321, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 149 × 346 km orbit inclined 91.5°. 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
- 44th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 5th this yearUnited States Air Force's 397th launch25th this yearhumanity's 703rd orbital launch attempt55th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 4321 · NORAD 2813 · 1967-050 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1967-050A
- Epoch
- 1967-05-22 23:56:24 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.12407404 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0148462
- Inclination
- 91.5°
- Ascending node
- 216.3411°
- Arg. of perigee
- 139.1733°
- Mean anomaly
- 222.0676°
- 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
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- OPS 4321 · NORAD 2813 · deorbited May 30, 1967
Agena D 4838 · re-entered May 27, 1967
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
26th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 2nd this year · 262nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
108 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 37 launch?
KH-7 37 launched on May 22, 1967. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 37?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 37?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 37 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 37 reach?
OPS 4321, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 149 × 346 km orbit inclined 91.5°.
How many satellites did KH-7 37 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).