United States Air Force

KH-8 18

Titan IIIB

SUCCESS

Success

Wednesday, December 4, 1968 · 19:23 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

315

Location Launches

469

Agency Launches

120

Orbital This Year