Friday, April 18, 1997

Gambit 2

  1963-036A


SV 952, the second GAMBIT mission was launched on 1963 Sep 6 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello and reentered on Sep 13 from its 168 x 263 km x 94.4 deg orbit. With the attached OCV roll control was apparently not possible. The Agena 4701 upper stage separated from the OCV at the end of the mission, and it may have been one of four pieces of debris associated with the launch which reentered between Sep 8 and Sep 13. At separation the OCV stabilization system suffered an open valve and its control gas was lost,after which the OCV was deorbited.


Program 206 SV 952 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1963 Sep 6  1930:18  Launch by Atlas Agena D  NMFPA 
 1932:33  BECO (T+2:15) 
 1934:44  SECO (T+4:26) 
 1935:03  VECO (T+4:45) 
 1935:05  Atlas sep (T+4:47) 
 1936:18  S01A burn (T+6:02) 
 1940:23  Agena MECO (T+10:05)  89.17 189 x 305 x 94.36 (VCR) 
1963 Sep 7  0354   89.02 182 x 270 x 94.2 
1963 Sep 8   Rev 31 last image 
1963 Sep 8  2200?  RV recovered on Rev 34 
 2210?  OCV separated from Agena  174 x 277 x 94.4 
 2235? RV landed 
1963 Sep 8   Debris 36D reentered 
1963 Sep 10  1900   89.06 168 x 263 x 94.37 (RAE) 
1963 Sep 10   Debris 36C reentered  88.0 160 x 193 x 94.3 (SATCAT) 
1963 Sep 10   Debris 36E reentered  87.9 170 x 171 x 94.3 (SATCAT) 
1963 Sep 10   Debris 36F reentered  88.5 171 x 227 x 94.4 (SATCAT) 
1963 Sep   OCV orbit  88.7 171 x 243 x 94.4 (SATCAT) 
1963 Sep 13  2040?  36A OCV  reentered after 7.05d 
1963 Sep 13   Debris 36B reentered  

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