GAMBIT 10

1964-45A

In Jul 1964 Point Arguello Naval Missile Facility became part of Vandenberg Air Force Base, and so the Point Arguello GAMBIT pad LC2-4 became Vandenberg Air Force Base pad PALC2-4. KH-7 number 10 was launched from Vandenberg PALC2-4 aboard an Atlas Agena D on 1964 Aug 14. Spacecraft 960 separated from the Agena D 4808 rocket stage into a 149 x 307 km x 95.5 deg orbit. A pickaback scientific P-11 subsatellite was also ejected from the Agena stage. The SRV was recovered on rev 65 (or possibly rev 66?). The OCV reentered by random decay on Aug 23.


KH-7 10 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Aug 14   2200:13   Launch by Atlas Agena D   PALC 2-4 
  2202:25   BECO (T+2:12) 
  2204:46   SECO (T+4:33) 
  2205:00   VECO (T+4:47) 
  2205:03   Atlas sep (T+4:50) 
  2205:54   Agena burn (T+5:41) 
  2210:03   Agena MECO (T+9:50s)   89.16 157 x 324 x 95.5 (VCR)  
    Agena sep  
1964 Aug 14?    P-11 4202 ejected from Agena (45B)  
1964 Aug 15   0624   OCV orbit (45A)  89.13 163 x 298 x 95.50  
1964 Aug 16   0138   Agena orbit (45C)  88.37 142 x 245 x 95.5 
1964 Aug 16     Agena reentered 
1964 Aug 16   0610    89.04 147 x 306 x 95.5 
1964 Aug 17   1430   89.0 149 x 307 x 95.52 (RAE) 
1964 Aug 18   2228?  SRV deorbit 
  2242?  RV recovered on Rev 65 
1964 Aug 18   2357?  Deorbit opp rev 66 
1964 Aug 19   0523    88.5 150 x 284 x 95.54 
1964 Aug 23   1700?   Reentered after 8.8d 

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