MIDAS1_v_bw_o_n (PL60-51894, 2-26-60)
Launch of the USAF Military Defense Alarm System 1 (MIDAS 1) reconnaissance/early warning satellite from Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, 26 February 1960. The launch was the first flight of the Atlas-Agena combination. Unfortunately, the launch attempt was a failure.
See/read:
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/midas-1.htm
Credit: Gunter's Space Page
www.astronautix.com/m/midas.html
Credit: Astronautix website
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Alarm_System
Credit: Wikipedia
MIDAS1_v_bw_o_n (PL60-51894, 2-26-60)
Launch of the USAF Military Defense Alarm System 1 (MIDAS 1) reconnaissance/early warning satellite from Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, 26 February 1960. The launch was the first flight of the Atlas-Agena combination. Unfortunately, the launch attempt was a failure.
See/read:
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/midas-1.htm
Credit: Gunter's Space Page
www.astronautix.com/m/midas.html
Credit: Astronautix website
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Alarm_System
Credit: Wikipedia