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MIDAS 2

NORAD 43 · Payload · Reentered 1974-02-07

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Launched
1960-05-24 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Early warning
Mass
1,410 kg
Size
2.7 × 1.5 m · 3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
165 × 168 km
Inclination
33.0°
Period
87.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).