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Midas 8
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 12 June 1963, 12:00 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas Agena B (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Description
MIDAS Series 3 (Military Defense Alarm System) early warning satellite.