Midas 5
Atlas Agena B
United States Air Force
Launch Status
SuccessMission
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.
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
