Wednesday, July 16, 1975

Gambit-3 24

 1969-095A


KH-8 24 (GAMBIT 4324) was launched on 1969 Oct 24 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg. The mission lasted 15 days. It was the third and last mission to be marred by an unplanned high apogee; the Agena failed to shut down and orbit control had to use the secondary propulsion system.

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KH-8 24 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Oct 24  1810 Titan IIIB Agena D  V SLC4W 
 1812? Titan stage 1 sep 
 1815?  Titan stage 2 sep 
 1815?  Agena burn 
 1820? Agena MECO 

1969 Oct 25  

0259   93.52 136 x 757 x 108.0 
 1833   83.29 134 x 736 x 108.0 
 2313   92.46 123 x 666 x 108.0 
1969 Oct 28  1852   91.98 124 x 618 x 108.0 
1969 Oct 29?   Small perigee raise? 
1969 Oct 30  0131   91.78 131 x 591 x 108.0 
1969 Nov 1  0657   91.33 121 x 557 x 108.0 
 2110  SRV-1 recovery opp 
 2117? Entry 
 2145? SRV-1 recovered 
  
1969 Nov 2  0415   91.17 124 x 539 x 108.0 
 2130  SRV-1 backup recovery opp 
1969 Nov 5  1841   90.71 123 x 494 x 108.0 
1969 Nov 7  2029   90.15 114 x 448 x 108.0 
1969 Nov 7   SRV-2 recovery after 14 days 
 2230?  SRV-2 ejected 
 2234?  Entry 
 2300?  SRV-2 recovered 
1969 Nov 8   Reentered

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