Tuesday, May 6, 1980

Gambit 19

 1965-050B


KH-7 19 was launched on 1965 Jun 25 by Atlas Agena D from Vandenberg into a 151 x 283 km x 107.6 deg orbit. Shortly after orbit insertion it ejected an electronic intelligence subsatellite. For some reason (probably administrative error) this subsatellite was given the earlier catalog number and the 1965-50A international designation, while the main payload got the 50B designation. A second object, 1965-50D, was tracked in the same orbit as the subsatellite but decayed more quickly.


KH-7 19 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1965 Jun 25  1930?  Launch by Atlas Agena D  
  T+2:18? BECO 
  T+4:37? SECO 
  T+4:54? VECO 
  T+4:59? Atlas sep 
  T+5:51? Agena MES 
 1939? T+9:50? Agena MECO 
 1940? Type B subsatellite ejected 
  OCV sep 88.78 151 x 283 x 107.6 
1965 Jun 26  1413  (Agena D)  88.54 150 x 253 x 107.6 
 2009  (OCV)  88.81 148 x 282 x 107.6 
1965 Jun 26   SRV recovered 
 2208? Deorbit 
 2235? Recovered 
1965 Jun 30  1700?  Reentered 

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