USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D KH-7 35

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D KH-7 35
Start: 1966-12-05T21:09:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 4E

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

5 DEC 1966

21:09

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

36 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

155 T

Thrust

1,340 kN