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This page records Atlas Agena B | Midas 5 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Military Defense Alarm System satellite designed to detect ICBMs using 175 infrared detectors. This launch also carried a batch of West Ford needles.
Published configuration and flight history.
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.
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Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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