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Midas 5

Atlas Agena B

United States Air Force

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Midas 5

Type: Government/Top Secret

Military Defense Alarm System satellite designed to detect ICBMs using 175 infrared detectors. This launch also carried a batch of West Ford needles.

Trajectory

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Location

Space Launch Complex 3E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

713 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Rocket

Atlas LV-3 Agena B – United States Air Force

  • Family: Atlas
  • Length: 20.27 m
  • Diameter: 3.05 m
  • Launch Mass: 130 T

The Atlas LV-3 Agena B was manufactured by United States Air Force with the first launch on . Atlas LV-3 Agena B has 21 successful launches and 8 failed launches with a total of 29 launches. The Atlas LV-3A was a largely unsuccessful configuration until it was given an Agena B upper stage. It was responsible for the launch of Mariner II to Venus and had one of the first engines that could be restarted in orbit.

Agency

United States Air Force – USAF

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: USAF
  • Country: USA
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