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 Details
- Launch date: April 9, 1962 at 03:04 PM UTC
- Launch vehicle: Atlas Agena B
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Launch site: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Mission type: Government/Top Secret