KH-8 Gambit-3 No. 34 (Mission 4334 / OPS 1678), a U.S. NRO high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with recoverable capsules. Titan 24B from Vandenberg SLC-4W lofted the craft into polar LEO on 17 March 1972 for a ~25-day imaging mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 23 Titan 24B flights
- Date and time
- 17 March 1972, 17:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 24B
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1972-016
- Launches in 1972
- 17th of 113
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