GAMBIT 42

1967-50A

KH-7 37 (GAMBIT program flight 42) was launched on 1967 May 22 by Atlas Agena D from Vandenberg. The RAE tables misidentify the spacecraft as 1967-50B; 50B was OPS 5557, the Agena D final stage with LOGACS accelerometer experiment attached, while 50A was OPS 4321, the GAMBIT satellite. It appears that a small orbital height raise was performed on May 24.


KH-7 37 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 May 22  1830  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 
 1839   T+9:50? Agena MECO 
  1840?   Agena sep   89.3 163 x 243 x 91.5 (SATCAT) 
  2356     89.31 141 x 338 x 91.5 
1967 May 24   2334    89.17 141 x 324 x 91.5 
1967 May 25   1134    89.25 143 x 331 x 91.5 
1967 May 26  2036?  Deorbit opp rev 66 
1967 May 27  2025?  Deorbit opp rev 82 
1967 May 28   2010?  Deorbit opp rev 98 
1967 May 28 0910    88.74 134 x 290 x 91.5 
1967 May 30    Reentered after 8.2d 

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