1963 · United States Air Force
Midas 8
failureAtlas Agena B | Midas 8
MIDAS Series 3 (Military Defense Alarm System) early warning satellite.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 12, 1963 at 12:00 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3E
- Mission
- Midas 8
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit