KH-8-50 (Gambit-3 Mission 4350, OPS 7164), a U.S. Air Force high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite, launched on a Titan 24B/Agena-D from Vandenberg SLC-4W into sun-synchronous LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 19th
- of 23 Titan 24B flights
- Date and time
- 28 May 1979, 18:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Titan 24B
- Builder
- LM
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1979-044
- Launches in 1979
- 45th of 110
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