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1968 · United States Air Force

KH-8 17

successTitan IIIB | KH-8 17

KH-8 or Gambit-3 was the second generation of Gambit high resolution reconnaissance satellites.

Overview

Date / time: November 6, 1968 at 07:10 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 4W
Mission: KH-8 17
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1