United States Air ForceAtlas SLV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 38
Launched
June 4, 1967
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-7 38 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 4, 1967. It was United States Air Force's 400th launch, 28th this year and humanity's 709th orbital launch attempt. It was the 45th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight and the 6th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 4360, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 146 × 245 km orbit inclined 104.9°. 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
- 45th Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flight · 6th this yearUnited States Air Force's 400th launch28th this yearhumanity's 709th orbital launch attempt61st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 4360 · NORAD 2831 · 1967-055 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1967-055A
- Epoch
- 1967-06-05 02:30:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.31559251 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0074825
- Inclination
- 104.9°
- Ascending node
- 215.0324°
- Arg. of perigee
- 168.6295°
- Mean anomaly
- 191.7198°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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 4360 · NORAD 2831 · re-entered June 12, 1967
Agena D 4837 · re-entered June 6, 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
27th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 3rd this year · 266th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 38 launch?
KH-7 38 launched on June 4, 1967. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 38?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 38?
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas SLV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 38 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 38 reach?
OPS 4360, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 146 × 245 km orbit inclined 104.9°.
How many satellites did KH-7 38 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).