GAMBIT 29

1966-48A

KH-7 29 was launched on 1966 Jun 3 by Atlas Agena D from Vandenberg. The 87 degree inclination orbit was the only case of a GAMBIT flying in a direct rather than retrograde plane. Archival data are available only for the Agena stage, which carried an unknown payload attached to the aft rack.


KH-7 29 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Jun 3   1925?   Launch by Atlas Agena D  
   T+2:18? BECO 
   T+4:37? SECO 
   T+4:54? VECO 
   T+4:59? Atlas sep 
   T+5:51? Agena MES 
 1934?  T+9:50? Agena MECO 
1966 Jun 4     88.9 143 x 288 x 87.0 
1966 Jun 8?    SRV recovered (guess) 57497 
1966 Jun 9   2330?   Reentered after 6.2d 

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