SSF-A 3 (OPS 4923)

USA


International Sat. n°:

USA satellite n°:

EHH A3

Launch data:

Designation 00826 / 64036B
Launch date 06 Jul 1964 - 18:51 UT
Launch site Va, LC2-3
Launch vehicle  Atlas-LV3 Agena-D (#352D)
Mission ELINT: Radar monitoring
Payload EHH A3
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee 156 / 505 km
Inclination 92.9°
Period 91.1 min

KH-7 number 9 was launched on 1964 Jul 6 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello. The RV was recovered on rev 34; the OCV was deorbited or reentered at the same time. This flight carried a P-11 subsatellite for the first time; it entered a 276 x 386 km orbit, and an associated fragment, which reentered rapidly, was tracked in a 304 x 380 km orbit. The Agena was not cataloged.


Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  
Customer  US Air Force
Platform  
Mass at launch  80 kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  
Dimension  
Solar array  
Stabilization  
DC power  

Decay:

Descent date:  03 Jan 1965
Lifetime: 


Ref: #1, #7, #8 - update: 2.06.05