Payload
MIDAS 4
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MIDAS 4 is a United States payload satellite, launched on October 21, 1961 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 21, 1961 at 01:53 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
- 3,760 km
- Periapsis
- 3,490 km
- Inclination
- 95.85°
- Orbital period
- 165.94 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,383.94 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1961-028A
- NORAD catalog №
- 192
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 7.9063 m²
- Status
- active