1965

1965 · United States Air Force

KH-7 20

failureAtlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 20

The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California.

Overview

Date / time
July 12, 1965 at 07:00 PM UTC
Outcome
failure
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Mission
KH-7 20
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Sun-Synchronous Orbit