Gambit 7

  1964-020A

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KH-7 number 7 was launched on 1964 Apr 23 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello into a 150 x 336 km x 103.6 deg orbit. The Agena D 4805 stage was not separately cataloged but four debris objects were tracked. A horizon sensor problem led to 4-mile offsets in the image targeting.

SV 957
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Apr 23	1848?	Launch by Atlas Agena D	NMFPA
		T+2:18? BECO
		T+4:34? SECO
		T+4:51? VECO
		T+4:53? Atlas sep
		T+5:51? Agena MES
	1857?	Agena 4805 cutoff	150 x 336 x 103.56
		Agena 4805 sep from OCV
	2246		89.75 151 x 372 x 103.5
1964 Apr 25	1036		89.33 151 x 331 x 103.6
1964 Apr 27		Last image rev 64
1964 Apr 27	2102?	SRV deorbit
1964 Apr 27	2137?	RV recovered on rev 66
1964 Apr 28	1852		89.43 130 x 362 x 103.8
1964 Apr 29	0000?	Reentered after 5.2d