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. January 23, 1965 at 20:06 UTC · Launch Successful Atlas SLV-3 Agena D — United States Air Force, to Sun-Synchronous Orbit Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA The world's 399th orbital launch attempt, and 6th of 1965. Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by USAF via The Space Devs.