United States Air ForceAtlas LV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 6
Launched
March 11, 1964
Image: NASA
Summary
KH-7 6 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas LV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 11, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 184th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 306th orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). OPS 3435, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 174 × 238 km orbit inclined 95.7°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- 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
- 7th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 184th launch9th this yearhumanity's 306th orbital launch attempt13th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 3435 · NORAD 764 · 1964-012 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1964-012A
- Epoch
- 1964-03-12 01:37:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.27670793 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0049
- Inclination
- 95.743°
- Ascending node
- 170.003°
- Arg. of perigee
- 132.022°
- Mean anomaly
- 37.981°
- 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 3435 · NORAD 764 · deorbited March 16, 1964
Agena D 4804 · re-entered March 12, 1964
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
6th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 2nd this year · 124th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
15 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 6 launch?
KH-7 6 launched on March 11, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 6?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 6?
Atlas LV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas LV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 6 reach?
OPS 3435, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 174 × 238 km orbit inclined 95.7°.
How many satellites did KH-7 6 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).