The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California. May 19, 1964 at 19:21 UTC · Launch Successful Atlas LV-3 Agena D — United States Air Force, to Sun-Synchronous Orbit Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA The world's 323rd orbital launch attempt, and 30th of 1964. Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by NASA (NASA Image and Media Guidelines) via The Space Devs.