The New Yorker: January 23,1989

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Gambit-3 11

 1968-005A

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KH-8 11 was launched on 1968 Jan 18 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg on a 17 day flight, which would remain a record duration for the KH-8 until late 1970. The imagery mission lasted 10 days. The remaining seven days of solo operation demonstrated spacecraft capability for the double-SRV GAMBIT then being planned.

KH-8 11
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Jan 18	1904	Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D	V SLC4W
	1906	Titan stage 1 sep
	1909	Titan stage 2 sep
	1909	Agena burn
	1914?	Agena MECO
1968 Jan 18	2304		90.03 126 x 425 x 111.4
1968 Jan 20	1103		89.72 136 x 384 x 111.5
	2030?	Orbit raise rev 32, correct low orbit
1968 Jan 21	1535		90.14 132 x 430 x 111.5
1968 Jan 24	0805		89.82 122 x 408 x 111.5
	2030?	Orbit raise, rev 96
1968 Jan 25	0205		90.16 133 x 431 x 111.5
1968 Jan 28	2332?	SRV deorbit rev 163
	2338?	Entry
	2341?	Parachute cover ejected
	2347?	Capsule impacts ocean
1968 Jan 29	0330		89.64 127 x 386 x 111.5
		Orbit raise
1968 Jan 30	0343		90.08 122 x 433 x 111.5
1968 Feb 1	1358		90.14 135 x 427 x 111.5
1968 Feb 3	2115		90.53 131 x 370 x 111.5
1968 Feb 4	2204?	Reentered

The Oxford History of the Classical World

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Discoverer 30

 1961-024A

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CORONA 30 carried the KH-3 camera on mission 9022. (The USGS web page and the Itek list give KH-3, the McDonald paper lists it as KH-2, however). The SRV was recovered in mid-air over the Pacific.

KH-3 Mission 9022
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1961 Sep 12	1959	Launch by Thor Agena B	V
	2001	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	2001	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	2001	Thor sep (T+2:42)
	2002	Agena burn (T+3:31)
	2006	Agena cutoff (T+7:31)
			241 x 554 x ? (VCR)
	2059		234 x 549 x 82.67 (OE)
1961 Sep 13	1355		92.34 220 x 558 x 82.6
1961 Sep 13	1430		92.40 235 x 546 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Sep 14	1911		234 x 545 x 82.67 (OE)
1961 Sep 14	2246?	SRV ejected rev 33
		SRV retrofire
	2320?	SRV mid air recovery by C-130
1961 Sep			92.3 219 x 557 x 82.5 (SATCAT)
1961 Sep 18	1400		92.26 220 x 550 x 82.6
1961 Sep 18		Deb Omega 2 reentered	90.7 219 x 399 x 82.5 (SATCAT,Omega2)
1961 Sep 28		Deb Omega 3 reentered	90.7 205 x 420 x 82.7 (SATCAT,Omega3)
1961 Sep 30	0243		92.05 231 x 518 x 82.7
1961 Nov 21	1200		90.4 213 x 373 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Dec 1	0329		89.88 231 x 305 x 82.7
1961 Dec 5	1200		89.4 204 x 283 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Dec 6	1026		89.21 189 x 281 x 82.6
1961 Dec 11	2200?	CORONA/Agena reentered