Friday, December 21, 1990

Gambit 5

  1964-009A


KH-7 GAMBIT flight 5 was launched on 1964 Feb 25 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello. The Agena 4803 upper stage was not separately tracked, although a debris object (09B) which was cataloged without elements and reentered after 1 day may have been the Agena. After problems with pointing, the film was exposed on rev 16 and the rest of the mission was used for testing. The OCV made three burns to lower altitude to 130 km.


SV 955 (OPS 2423)
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Feb 25  1859:47  Launch by Atlas Agena D  NMFPA 
 1902:02  BECO (T+2:15) 
 1904:15  SECO (T+4:28) 
 1904:29  VECO (T+4:42) 
 1904:35  Atlas sep (T+4:48) 
 1905:46  Agena burn (T+5:59) 
 1909:48  Agena MECO (T+10:01) 88.33 176 x 227 x 95.6 (VCR) 
  OCV sep from Agena D 
1964 Feb 25    88.23 174 x 199 x 95.6 
1964 Feb 26  0930  88.24 173 x 190 x 95.66 (RAE) 
1964 Feb 26   Debris 09B reentered 
1964 Feb 26    88.21 177 x 194 x 95.7 
1964 Feb 26   Agena D reentered? 
1964 Feb 26   Rev 16 last image 
1964 Feb 27  2055? SRV deorbit 
1964 Feb 27  2130?  SRV recovered on rev 34 
1964 Feb 27  2324   87.96 159 x 187 x 95.6 
1964 Feb   OCV orbit  87.2 135 x 135 x 95.6 (SATCAT) 
  End of OCV ops rev 49  
1964 Mar 1   Reentered after 4d  

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