United States Air Force

KH-8 3

Titan IIIB

SUCCESS

Success

Wednesday, December 14, 1966 · 18:14 UTC

Mission

/01

KH-8 or Gambit-3 was the second generation of Gambit high resolution reconnaissance satellites.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

/02

Rocket

Variant: IIIB

Launch Pad

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.633° N, 120.616° W

Pad Launches

243

Location Launches

369

Agency Launches

125

Orbital This Year