Western Test Range DZ

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Type: Air Drop Zone. Latitude: 35.00000 deg. Longitude: -123.00000 deg.

Air-launched rocket drop zone known to have been used for 5 launches from 1984 to 1986, reaching up to 1000 kilometers altitude.

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1984 January 21 - 18:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: ASAT. ASAT Test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Successful test of the missile and control system, but conducted without the miniature homing vehicle.

1984 November 13 - Launch Vehicle: ASAT. ASAT Test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Failed test; minitaure homing vehicle was to home on a selected star.

1985 September 13 - Launch Vehicle: ASAT. First US ASAT intercept Agency: USAF. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). Successful ASAT intercept test; rammed and destroyed the Solwind P78-1 satellite.

1986 August 22 - Launch Vehicle: ASAT. ASAT Test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Successful test; minitaure homing vehicle homed on the selected star.

1986 September 30 - 10:45 GMT - Launch Vehicle: ASAT. ASAT Test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Successful test; minitaure homing vehicle homed on the selected star.

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