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Midas 8

Rocket launch

by USA

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

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Midas 8Missile warning--