Gambit-3 30

 1971-005A

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KH-8 OM-30 (GAMBIT 4330) was launched on 1971 Jan 21 by Titan IIIB Agena D from Vandenberg on a 19 day flight. According to Peebles the spacecraft returned images of Soviet construction of a new type of missile silo for the R-36 (SS-9) ICBM. A second object was cataloged with a slightly higher perigee; it may be a sensor cover.

KH-8 30 (OPS 7776)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Jan 21	1820	Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D	V SLC4W
	1822	Titan stage 1 sep
	1825	Titan stage 2 sep
	1825	Agena burn
	1830?	Agena MECO
	2050		90.07 138 x 416 x 110.9
	2050		89.78 161 x 366 x 110.7 (05B)
1971 Jan 22	2221		89.99 138 x 408 x 110.9
1971 Jan 24	1746		89.63 130 x 381 x 110.8
		Adjust orbit
1971 Jan 26	0837		89.68 129 x 388 x 110.8
1971 Jan 27	1001		89.54 129 x 374 x 110.8
		Orbit raise
1971 Jan 28	0228		89.99 130 x 417 x 110.8
1971 Jan 29	2225?	SRV-1 recovery guess
	2232?	Entry
	2300?	SRV-1 recovered
1971 Jan 30	0054		89.71 130 x 389 x 110.8
		Orbit raise
	2150		89.94 132 x 410 x 110.8
1971 Feb 2	0813		89.73 129 x 392 x 110.8
1971 Feb 3	0938		89.58 129 x 378 x 110.8
		Orbit raise
1971 Feb 5	0501		89.72 131 x 390 x 110.8
		Orbit raise
1971 Feb 6	1358		89.97 130 x 415 x 110.8
1971 Feb 8	0456		89.77 130 x 395 x 110.8
1971 Feb 8?		1971-05C cataloged	141 x 396 x 110.7
1971 Feb 8	2323?	SRV-2 Deorbit opp rev 293
	2330?	Entry
1971 Feb 9	0000?	SRV-2 recovered
1971 Feb 9		Reentered