United States Air ForceAtlas LV-3 Agena DSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-7 8
Launched
May 19, 1964
Image: NASA
Summary
KH-7 8 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas LV-3 Agena D from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 19, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 192nd launch, 17th this year and humanity's 323rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 9th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 154 × 393 km orbit inclined 101.2°. 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
- 9th Atlas LV-3 Agena D flight · 4th this yearUnited States Air Force's 192nd launch17th this yearhumanity's 323rd orbital launch attempt30th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 3592 · NORAD 799 · 1964-024 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1964-024A
- Epoch
- 1964-05-20 02:17:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.02952029 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.018042
- Inclination
- 101.1822°
- Ascending node
- 221.3045°
- Arg. of perigee
- 118.1454°
- Mean anomaly
- 243.7155°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- 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 3592 · NORAD 799 · deorbited May 22, 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
8th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 4th this year · 129th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
26 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-7 8 launch?
KH-7 8 launched on May 19, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-7 8?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-7 8?
Atlas LV-3 Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas LV-3 Agena D spec sheet
Where did KH-7 8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-7 8 reach?
It reached a 154 × 393 km orbit inclined 101.2°.
How many satellites did KH-7 8 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).