LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Thu May 27 1965

United States Air Force

KH-7 18

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(8:48 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(8:48 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(8:48 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Description:

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Government/Top Secret
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.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E