United States Air ForceTitan IIIBSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-8 1
Launched
July 29, 1966
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-8 1 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIB from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 29, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 339th launch, 40th this year and humanity's 593rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Titan IIIB flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 157 × 274 km orbit inclined 94.1°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan IIIB · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Titan IIIB flightUnited States Air Force's 339th launch40th this yearhumanity's 593rd orbital launch attempt76th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 3014 · NORAD 2376 · 1966-069 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1966-069A
- Epoch
- 1966-07-29 23:54:52 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.24162156 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0088429
- Inclination
- 94.1399°
- Ascending node
- 282.5499°
- Arg. of perigee
- 150.9224°
- Mean anomaly
- 209.6571°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- OPS 3014 · NORAD 2376 · re-entered August 6, 1966
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
KH-8 or Gambit-3 was the second generation of Gambit high resolution reconnaissance satellites.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
13th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 1st this year · 225th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
503 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-8 1 launch?
KH-8 1 launched on July 29, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-8 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-8 1?
Titan IIIB, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIB spec sheet
Where did KH-8 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-8 1 reach?
It reached a 157 × 274 km orbit inclined 94.1°.
How many satellites did KH-8 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).