KH-7 4 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
18 Dec 1963, 9:45pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4W
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
KH-7 4
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:54pm UTC
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