1966 · United States Air Force
KH-7 31
successAtlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 31
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
- August 16, 1966 at 06:30 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Mission
- KH-7 31
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit