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SRALT
Part of Minuteman
American target missile. Single stage short range air launched target vehicle consisting of 1 x SR19
Status: Active. First Launch: 2007-03-06. Last Launch: 2015-12-10. Number: 6 . Thrust: 267.00 kN (60,023 lbf). Gross mass: 8,000 kg (17,600 lb). Height: 6.00 m (19.60 ft). Diameter: 1.32 m (4.33 ft). Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
Air-launched single-stage derivative of the Coleman Aerospace Hera ground-launched target. It supports tests of American anti-ballistic missiles. The target vehicle can be easily be flown anywhere in the world and launched at arbitrary altitudes and directions. The missile is dumped from a cradle that can be loaded in C-130 or C-17 cargo aircraft. After being slowed to a vertical attitude using a parachute, the rocket ignites and flies its mission simulating a foreign ballisitic missile.
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Country:
USA.
Launch Sites:
Barking Sands LP1,
Midway Island NDZ.
2007 March 6 - .
00:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Barking Sands.
Launch Complex:
Barking Sands LP1.
Launch Pad: LP1?.
Launch Platform: C-17.
LV Family:
Minuteman.
Launch Vehicle:
SRALT.
- SRALT - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USA MDA.
Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Target - air launch from C-17.
2009 December 11 - .
Launch Site:
Midway.
Launch Complex:
Midway Island NDZ.
Launch Platform: C-17.
LV Family:
Minuteman.
Launch Vehicle:
SRALT.
- Target - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: MDA.
Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
2011 July 9 - .
02:04 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Point Mugu.
Launch Platform: C-17.
LV Family:
Minuteman.
Launch Vehicle:
SRALT.
- FTX-17 - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: MDA.
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
2011 October 5 - .
05:56 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Barking Sands.
Launch Platform: C-17.
LV Family:
Minuteman.
Launch Vehicle:
SRALT.
- FTT-12 Target - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: MDA.
Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Target mission. Probably an SR-19 based Coleman Aerospace SRALT dropped out of a C-17 airplane..
2015 November 1 - .
03:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wake Island.
Launch Platform: C-17.
LV Family:
Minuteman.
Launch Vehicle:
SRALT.
- SRALT RV - .
Nation: USA.
Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Target mission. Impacted Wake Island..
2015 December 10 - .
Launch Site:
Pacific Ocean.
Launch Platform: C-17.
LV Family:
Minuteman.
Launch Vehicle:
SRALT.
- FTO-O2E1a Target - .
Nation: USA.
Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). ABM Target mission. Intercepted..
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