Jonathan's Space Pages

Launch 1966-022: Atlas Agena (Gambit 26)

Atlas SLV-3 711/Agena 4823 1966 Mar 18



Launch Result

Success.

Launched Objects

COSPARJCAT Name AltName Owner Mass/kg
1966-022AS02109GAMBIT SV976 NRO Mission 4026NRO 2200?
1966-022BA00909PL 137 OPS 0974 NRL 41
1966-022BS02112Agena D 4823Agena D USAF 600?



Note: Based on analysis of the orbital data I suspect that OPS 0974 is the NRL payload attached to the Agena D aft rack, and OPS 0879 is the separated GAMBIT-1 OCV. PL137 was an experiment to study high frequency radio wave propagation and operated for 5 days.

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