Thursday, April 5, 1984

Gambit-3 17

 1968-099A


KH-8 17 (GAMBIT 4317) was launched on 1968 Nov 6 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg. The flight lasted 14 days.

On this mission the primary attitude control system (PACS) failed on rev 40 and the redundant RACS system,  introduced on the previous mission, saved the flight.


KH-8 17/OPS 5296 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Nov 6  1910 Launch by Titan 3B Agena D  V SLC4W 
 1912? Titan stage 1 sep 
 1912  Titan stge 2 sep 
 1915  Agena burn 
 1920 Agena MECO 
   89.7 130 x 390 x 106.0 
1968 Nov 16    
 2252? SRV rev 163 
1968 Nov 18    134 x 338 x 105.9 
1968 Nov 19  2013?   132 x 316 x 106.0  
 2338?  SRV-1 ejected rev 213? 
 2345?  Entry 
1968 Nov 20 0010?  SRV-1 recovered 
1968 Nov 20   Reentered 

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