GAMBIT 6

1964-12A

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, which is sometimes unreliable, NORAD tracked the Agena D 4804 rocket stage in a separate orbit with a much higher apogee. The GAMBIT OCV was deorbited after 4.3 days.


Program 206 SV 956 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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       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   2313?  SRV deorbit 
1964 Mar 14  2328?  RV recovered on rev 51 
1964 Mar 16   0427    88.61 170 x 241 x 95.7 
1964 Mar 16   0200?   Reentered after 4.3d 

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