Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
17:25:00
Friday February 26, 1960
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Agena RSO charges accidentally fired at staging, leading to vehicle breakup. First launch of the Atlas-Agena vehicle.
The MIDAS Series 1 (Military Defense Alarm System) satellites, MIDAS 1 and 2, were the first development models for the MIDAS early warning system. MIDAS 1 was on this launch.
1 Payload
2,025 kilograms
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1960
3rd
Orbital launch attempt