United States Air ForceAtlas LV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 4
Launched
December 18, 1963
Image: NASA
Summary
KH-7 4 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas LV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 18, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 173rd launch, 47th this year and humanity's 289th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 133 × 279 km orbit inclined 97.9°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- 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
- 5th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flightUnited States Air Force's 173rd launch47th this yearhumanity's 289th orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 2372 · NORAD 711 · 1963-051 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ATLAS AGENA D
- Object ID
- 1963-051A
- Epoch
- 1963-12-19 03:09:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.27606646 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0110703
- Inclination
- 97.8978°
- Ascending node
- 108.8831°
- Arg. of perigee
- 94.1091°
- Mean anomaly
- 267.1662°
- 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
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- OPS 2372 · NORAD 711 · re-entered December 20, 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
4th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 4th this year · 115th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
54 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 4 launch?
KH-7 4 launched on December 18, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 4?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 4?
Atlas LV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas LV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 4 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 4 reach?
It reached a 133 × 279 km orbit inclined 97.9°.
How many satellites did KH-7 4 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).