United States Air ForceTitan IIIBSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
KH-8 3
Launched
December 14, 1966
Image: USAF
Summary
KH-8 3 launched on an United States Air Force Titan IIIB from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 14, 1966. It was United States Air Force's 369th launch, 70th this year and humanity's 642nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Titan IIIB flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 153 × 398 km orbit inclined 109.6°. 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
- 3rd Titan IIIB flightUnited States Air Force's 369th launch70th this yearhumanity's 642nd orbital launch attempt125th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OPS 8968 · NORAD 2618 · 1966-113 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1966-113A
- Epoch
- 1966-12-15 01:14:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.02250385 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0183989
- Inclination
- 109.5941°
- Ascending node
- 43.9143°
- Arg. of perigee
- 127.9004°
- Mean anomaly
- 233.8186°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- OPS 8968 · NORAD 2618 · re-entered December 24, 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
15th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 3rd this year · 243rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
76 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did KH-8 3 launch?
KH-8 3 launched on December 14, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch KH-8 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched KH-8 3?
Titan IIIB, flown by United States Air Force. Titan IIIB spec sheet
Where did KH-8 3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did KH-8 3 reach?
It reached a 153 × 398 km orbit inclined 109.6°.
How many satellites did KH-8 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).