Gambit 31

 1966-074A

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Following the first KH-8 test flight, launches of the KH-7 resumed. KH-7 31 was thus the 32nd launch in the GAMBIT program, on 1966 Aug 16. A subsatellite was ejected from the Agena aft rack.

KH-7 31
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Aug 16	1830?	Launch by Atlas Agena D	V
		T+2:18? BECO
		T+4:37? SECO
		T+4:54? VECO
		T+4:59? Atlas sep
		T+5:51? Agena MES
	1839	T+9:50? Agena MECO
1966 Aug 16	2005?	Subsatellite ejected from Agena
1966 Aug 16		OCV separated from Agena
			89.6 146 x 358 x 93.2
1966 Aug 17	1152	(Agena D)	89.16 142 x 323 x 93.3
1966 Aug 17	1622		89.51 141 x 358 x 93.2
1966 Aug 19	1606		89.37 144 x 342 x 93.2
1966 Aug 20	2055?	SRV deorbit opp rev 66
1966 Aug 21	2043?	SRV deorbit opp rev 82
1966 Aug 22	2033?	SRV deorbit opp rev 98
1966 Aug 22	0510		89.20 141 x 328 x 93.2
1966 Aug 24		Rev 124 last image
1966 Aug 24	2140?	SRV recovered after 8.1 days
1966 Aug 25		Reentered