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KH-7 27 - Space launch mission detailed information

MISSION NAME

KH-7 27 27

Status

Success

DATE

19 APR 1966

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force + -img

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

USA

Description

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.

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

USA

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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.

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