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Midas 1
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 26 Feb 1960, 05:25 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas Agena A (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
The MIDAS Series 1 (Military Defense Alarm System) satellites, MIDAS 1 and 2, were the first development models for the MIDAS early warning system.