KH-7 30 (Gambit-1 mission 4030, OPS 1850), a U.S. Air Force high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-4E launched it on 12 July 1966 into a near-polar LEO for detailed optical reconnaissance; the film-return capsule was recovered before reentry on 20 July.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 26th
- of 48 Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 12 July 1966, 17:55 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
- 1966-062
- Launches in 1966
- 69th of 131
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