Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California.
Details
Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Thu, Apr 23, 1964, 18:43
Weather
Pro