1960 · United States Air Force
Midas 1
failureAtlas Agena A | Midas 1
The MIDAS Series 1 (Military Defense Alarm System) satellites, MIDAS 1 and 2, were the first development models for the MIDAS early warning system.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 26, 1960 at 05:25 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 14
- Mission
- Midas 1
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit