Space World: December 1979

 https://welib.org/md5/131b12fdf9c63f48003bf3540ea25f5a

Town and Country: August 1979

 https://welib.org/md5/1c7f7d9187d2b4bccf4c932061a1f752

Gambit-3 45

  1975-098A

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KH-8 no. 45 was launched on 1975 Oct 9 by Titan 23B Agena D from Vandenberg into a new type of orbit: 125 x 356 km x 96.4 degrees. The perigee was 10 km lower than previous missions in the 1970s the apogee 50 km lower, and the inclination reverted to the 96 degrees used by the Atlas Agena flights of the 1960s. This new inclination would be used by the remainder of the GAMBIT series and the low perigee would also become the norm.

KH-8 45
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Oct 9	1915	Launch by Titan 23B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1917?	Titan stage 1 sep
	1920	Titan stage 2 sep
	1920	Agena burn
	1925?	Agena MECO
			89.3 125 x 356 x 96.4
1975 Nov 2	0655		89.23 121 x 350 x 96.4
1975 Nov 3	2208?	SRV-1 deorbit opportunity
	2215?	Reentry
	2240?	SRV-1 recovered
1975 Nov 4	1230		89.24 123 x 350 x 96.4
1975 Nov 6	0015		89.35 122 x 362 x 96.4
1975 Nov 25	0243		89.25 126 x 348 x 96.4
1975 Nov 26	2321		89.39 125 x 362 x 96.4
1975 Nov 27	1117		89.33 126 x 356 x 96.4
1975 Nov 28	2203?	SRV-2 recovered
1975 Nov 30	2136?	reentered