Midas 8 - rocket launch details

Launch time12 Jun 1963

failure

Orbit: MEO

Serial number: 139D

Hydraulic rise-off disconnect failed at liftoff, resulting in loss of booster engine hydraulics fluid. Vehicle self-destructed T+93 seconds.

Rocket AtlasAgena B LV-3

launched from Vandenberg AFB, SLC-3EUSA

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Midas 8	Missile warning	-	-