Payload
MIDAS 3
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MIDAS 3 is a United States payload satellite, launched on July 12, 1961 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 12, 1961 at 03:11 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas LV-3 Agena B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 3,544 km
- Periapsis
- 3,344 km
- Inclination
- 91.12°
- Orbital period
- 161.46 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,185.73 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1961-018A
- NORAD catalog №
- 163
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 9.2155 m²
- Status
- active