Thursday, December 20, 1990

Gambit-3 8

 1967-090A


KH-8 no. 8 (GAMBIT 4308) was launched on 1967 Sep 19 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg. The later season precluded use of high sun angles so a later launch time was used, and the orbit was selected for lower latitude targets on descending passes.


KH-8 8 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Sep 19  1837 Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D  V SLC4W 
 1842  Agena burn  
 1847 MECO  89.8 122 x 401 x 106.1 
1967 Sep 20  0737   89.93 119 x 422 x 106.1 
1967 Sep 21  1035   89.72 121 x 399 x 106.1 
1967 Sep 21    131 x ?  
1967 Sep 21   Orbit adjust  
1967 Sep 22  0730   89.53 119 x 382 x 106.1 
1971 Sep 24   Orbit adjust 
1967 Sep 26  1618   89.64 125 x 388 x 106.1 
1967 Sep 29  0954   89.15 121 x 342 x 106.1 
 2348?  Deorbit opp rev 163  
1967 Sep 30  0020?  SRV recovered 
1967 Sep 30   Reentered after 10d 

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