MIDAS Series 3 (Military Defense Alarm System) early warning satellite. May 9, 1963 at 20:06 UTC · Launch Successful Atlas LV-3 Agena B — United States Air Force, to Medium Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA The world's 245th orbital launch attempt, and 21st of 1963. Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by NASA (NASA Image and Media Guidelines) via The Space Devs.