Monday, December 26, 1994

Gambit-3 15

  1968-064A


KH-8 15 was launched on 1968 Aug 6 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg. The spacecraft reentered after only 9 days and it has been suggested that it performed poorly, but the short lifetime is not inconsistent with other missions around this time and the Perry history reports a nominal flight with good resolution imagery.


KH-8 15 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Aug 6  1630 Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D  V SLC4W 
 1632 Titan stage 1 sep 
 1632  Titan stage 2 sep 
 1635  Agena burn 
 1640 Agena MECO 
1968 Aug 6  2331   90.13 120 x 441 x 110.0 
1968 Aug 11  0057  89.63 118 x 393 x 110.0 
  Orbit adjust 
1968 Aug 14  0104  90.14 109 x 452 x 110.0 
  Orbit adjust 
1968 Aug 14  1723  90.07 118 x 436 x 110.0 
1968 Aug 16   
  
 2055?  SRV-1 sep 
 2102?  Entry 
 2130?  SRV-1 recovered 
 2235? Deboost rev 163 

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