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LRALT

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Status: Active. First Launch: 2004-05-03. Last Launch: 2009-07-22. Number: 3 . Thrust: 267.00 kN (60,023 lbf). Gross mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Height: 15.50 m (50.80 ft). Diameter: 1.32 m (4.33 ft). Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

The LRALT program was managed by the Missile Defense Agency Targets and Countermeasures Directorate and developed for MDA by the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and L3/Coleman Aerospace Corp. LRALT is based on two Minuteman II second stages taken from deactivated assets. The delivery system is air-extracted from a C-17 for launch on any azimuth. LRALT was developed as a target for realistic testing of the Ballistic Missile Defense System using air-launch as a method to relieve the test constraints imposed by fixed ground launch sites.

• LRALT Demo test - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Air-launched from a C-17. The LRALT missile boosted a simulated reentry vehicle from a point just south of Midway Island to the vicinity of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands..

• Cobra Dane Test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA MDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Air-launched from a C-17. Missile Defense Radar Technology target..

• Arrow Target - . Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). Target.