Gambit-3 32

  1971-070A

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KH-8 32 was launched on 1971 Aug 12 by Titan IIIB Agena D from Vandenberg on a 22 day flight. This flight was the first to fly the longer focal length R-5 optical system and marked the transition to the long tank Titan 24B. The vehicle was deorbited over Alaska as part of the VAST 3 experiment to recover a 'payload sensor'.

KH-8 32
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Aug 12	1530	Launch by Titan 3B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1532	Titan stage 1 sep
	1535	Titan stage 2 sep
	1535	Agena burn
	1540?	Agena MECO
	1630		90.20 137 x 431 x 111.0
1971 Aug 13	0431		90.10 136 x 422 x 111.0
1971 Aug 15	2358		89.68 127 x 389 x 111.0
		Orbit raise
1971 Aug 16	2224		90.04 129 x 423 x 111.0
1971 Aug 19	1623		89.87 130 x 405 x 111.0
		Orbit raise
1971 Aug 20	2220		90.05 131 x 422 x 111.0
1971 Aug 23	1017		89.74 131 x 391 x 111.0
	1946	SRV-1 deorbit opportunity
	1953	Entry
	2020?	SRV-1 recovered
		Orbit raise
1971 Aug 24	0847		90.06 134 x 420 x 111.0
1971 Aug 28	2045		89.83 132 x 399 x 111.0
		Orbit raise
1971 Aug 29	2042		89.98 134 x 412 x 111.0
1971 Sep 1	0238		89.76 133 x 391 x 111.0
1971 Sep 2	2023		89.48 132 x 365 x 111.0
1971 Sep 3		Reentered after 22d
	2223?	SRV-2 ejected
	2230?	Entry
	2255?	SRV-2 recovered
	2347?	VAST 3 controlled reentry in Alaska