MISSION NAME
Midas 5 5
Status
Success
DATE
9 APR 1962
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 3E
Description
Military Defense Alarm System satellite designed to detect ICBMs using 175 infrared detectors. This launch also carried a batch of West Ford needles.
Atlas LV-3 Agena B
Rocket Description
The Atlas LV-3A was a largely unsuccessful configuration until it was given an Agena B upper stage. It was responsible for the launch of Mariner II to Venus and had one of the first engines that could be restarted in orbit.