Gambit 6

 1964-012A

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KH-7 GAMBIT flight 6 was launched on 1964 Mar 11 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello into a 96 degree inclination orbit. According to the SATCAT, NORAD tracked the Agena D rocket stage in a separate orbit with a much higher apogee. Various OCV orbital burns were made. This flight was considered to be the first on which important intelligence data was collected. The vehicle operated for 3 days and 170 targets were imaged.

Program 206 SV 956
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Mar 11	2014:24	Launch by Atlas Agena D	NMFPA
	2016:41	BECO (T+2:17)
	2018:53	SECO (T+2:29)
	2019:12	VECO (T+2:48)
	2019:12	Atlas sep (T+2:48)
	2020:25	Agena burn (T+6:01)
	2024:28	Agena MECO (T+10:04)	88.41 184 x 234 x 95.69 (VCR)
		Agena D 4804 sep, rev 1
1964 Mar 11			89.9 182 x 386 x 95.8 (SATCAT)
1964 Mar 12	0137		88.47 166 x 231 x 95.7
1964 Mar 12	2130		88.2 163 x 203 x 95.73 (RAE)
			88.14 160 x 204 x 95.7
1964 Mar 12		Agena D orbit	92.2 178 x 582 x 95.7 (SATCAT)
1964 Mar 12		Agena D reentered (12B)
1964 Mar 14		Rev 49 last image
1964 Mar 14	2313?	SRV deorbit
1964 Mar 14	2348?	RV recovered on rev 51
1964 Mar 15		OCV orbit adjust tests	222 x 250 x 95.7
		TCM-1	374 x 381 x 95.7
		TCM-2	176 x 210
		TCM-3	106 x 130
		TCM-4	167 x 196
1964 Mar 16	0427		88.61 170 x 241 x 95.7
1964 Mar 16	0200?	Reentered