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MIDAS 2
American early-warning satellite. MIDAS 2 was launched on May 24, 1960 aboard a Atlas Agena A from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Feb 7, 1974).
COSPAR 1960 ZET 1NORAD 43United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Midas 2
- Common name
- MIDAS 2
- Payload designation
- Midas ETS-I F2
- Other names
- FTV 1007
- International designator
- 1960 ZET 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 43
- GCAT identifier
- S00043
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Midas ETS
- Owner
- USAF BMD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Division
- Platform (bus)
- Midas
Launch
- Date
- May 24, 1960 · 17:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 ZETSuccess
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena A
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC14
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 482 km
- Apogee
- 514 km
- Inclination
- 33.00°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- February 7, 1974
- Last known active
- May 25, 1960
- End of operations
- May 25, 1960
Size
- Mass
- 1,410 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,410 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 2.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4292805 (CC0).