GAMBIT 5

1964-09A

KH-7 GAMBIT flight 5, SV 955, was launched on 1964 Feb 25 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello. The Agena 4803 upper stage was not separately tracked, although a debris object (09B) which was cataloged without elements and reentered after 1 day may have been the Agena.


SV 955 (OPS 2423) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Feb 25   1859:47   Launch by Atlas Agena D   NMFPA 
  1902:02   BECO (T+2:15) 
  1904:15   SECO (T+4:28) 
  1904:29   VECO (T+4:42) 
  1904:35   Atlas sep (T+4:48) 
  1905:46   Agena burn (T+5:59) 
  1909:48   Agena MECO (T+10:01)  88.33 176 x 227 x 95.6 (VCR) 
   OCV sep from Agena D 
1964 Feb 25       88.23 174 x 199 x 95.6 
1964 Feb 26   0930   88.24 173 x 190 x 95.66 (RAE) 
1964 Feb 26     Debris 09B reentered 
1964 Feb 26     88.21 177 x 194 x 95.7 
1964 Feb 26     Agena D reentered? 
1964 Feb 27   2058?  SRV deorbit 
1964 Feb 27   2112?   RV recovered on rev 34 
1964 Feb 27   2324     87.96 159 x 187 x 95.6 
1964 Feb     OCV orbit   87.2 135 x 135 x 95.6 (SATCAT) 
1964 Mar 1    Reentered after 4d (or Mar 2) 

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