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Midas 6

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time17 Dec 196220:36 UTC

failure

Orbit: MEO

Serial number: 131D

Hydraulic rise-off disconnect failed at liftoff, resulting in loss of booster engine hydraulics fluid. Vehicle self-destructed T+80 seconds.

Rocket AtlasAgena B LV-3

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3EUSA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Midas 6Missile warning--