United States Air Force

KH-8 1

Titan IIIB

SUCCESS

Success

Friday, July 29, 1966 · 18:30 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

225

Location Launches

339

Agency Launches

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