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 | |||
Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
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1966 Jun 3 | 1925? | Launch by Atlas Agena D | V |
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 |