LaunchesKH-7 27
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KH-7 27
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D · Government/Top Secret
1966Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Orbit
- SSO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2