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Atlas Agena B | Midas 5
Military Defense Alarm System satellite designed to detect ICBMs using 175 infrared detectors. This launch also carried a batch of West Ford needles.
Mission type: Government/Top Secret · Orbit: Polar Orbit
Rocket: Atlas Agena B · Provider: United States Air Force
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)