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MIDAS 7
American early-warning satellite. MIDAS 7 was launched on May 9, 1963 aboard a Atlas Agena B from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit, attached to another object.
COSPAR 1963-014ANORAD 574United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Midas 7
- Common name
- MIDAS 7
- Payload designation
- Midas ETS-III F2
- Other names
- FTV 1206
- International designator
- 1963-014A
- NORAD catalog number
- 574
- GCAT identifier
- S00574
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.040
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Midas ETS-III
- Owner
- USAF SSD
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- Midas
Launch
- Date
- May 9, 1963 · 20:06 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-014Success
- Rocket
- Atlas Agena B
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad LC1-2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 3,569 km
- Apogee
- 3,714 km
- Inclination
- 87.38°
- Status
- In orbit, attached to another object
- Last known active
- Jun 25, 1963
- End of operations
- Jun 25, 1963
Size
- Mass
- 840 kg
- Dry mass
- 840 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,540 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11764915 (CC0).