Gambit-3 3

  1966-113A

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KH-8 flight 4303 was launched on 1966 Dec 14 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg. The spacecraft entered a 138 x 368 km x 110 degree orbit, parameters which would remain typical of KH-8 missions for a decade. The orbit was lowered during the 8-day primary flight. The Agena was deorbited after 10 days.

KH-8 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Dec 14	1814	Launch by Titan 3B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1819	Agena MES
	1824	Agena MECO
		TCM1, lower peri from 153 km
		TCM2, lower peri to 141 km	89.6 138 x 368 x 109.6
1966 Dec 22	2302?	SRV recovered rev 131
1966 Dec 24	1945?	Deboost rev 162
1966 Dec 24		Reentered after 9 days