1966 · United States Air Force
RTS-1 1
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The RTS-1 (Research Test Series 1), also known as MIDAS-RTS-1 or AFP-461, was an extension to the MIDAS program of early warning satellites.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 9, 1966 at 08:15 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3E
- Mission
- RTS-1 1
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit