KH-7 27 (Gambit-1 SV 977, OPS 0910 film return), a U.S. NRO high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D from Vandenberg PALC-2-4 launched it on 19 April 1966 into near-polar LEO for detailed optical reconnaissance.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 21st
- of 48 Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 19 April 1966, 19:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1966-032
- Launches in 1966
- 36th of 131
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