Gambit-3 12

 1968-018A

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KH-8 flight 12 was launched on 1968 Mar 13 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg into a 100 degree orbit, an unusually low inclination by KH-8 standards. The mission lasted 11 days, with capsule recovery on day 10. One orbit raise burn was made the day before the end of mission. The mission was notable for experiments on thermal effects on imaging focus.

KH-8 12
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Mar 13	1951	Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D	V SLC4W
	1953	Titan stage 1 sep
	1956	Titan stge 2 sep
	1956	Agena burn
	2001?	Agena MECO
1968 Mar 14	0251		90.03 158 x 392 x 99.9
1968 Mar 23	0309		88.86 129 x 307 x 99.9
1968 Mar 23	1641	Orbit raise	89.04 130 x 323 x 99.9
1968 Mar 24
	0038?	SRV rev 163
	0042?	Entry
	0102?	Recovered?
	0210?	Deboost rev 164