KH-7 28 (Gambit-1 mission 4028, OPS 1950), a U.S. NRO high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite, with secondary P-11 ELINT payload OPS 6785 (Leige/Plicat). Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D from Vandenberg lofted the stack on 14 May 1966 into LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 22nd
- of 48 Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 14 May 1966, 19:02 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
- 1966-039
- Launches in 1966
- 44th of 131
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