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Launch Complex: LC32. White Sands. Latitude: 32.4068 deg. Longitude: -106.4069 deg. Used by: Hera, Storm-2. First Launch: 1995-04-24. Last Launch: 1998-09-24. Number Launches: 4. Launch site for anti-ballistic missile targets. These are most often test vehicles composed of surplus Minuteman ICBM stages. LC32 Chronology 1995 April 24 - Launch Vehicle: Hera. Hera 1 BRV/Propulsion Test Target mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 275 km (170 mi). 1997 January 29 - Launch Vehicle: Storm-2. FAILURE: Failure. MTTV/MTD-2 PAC Targ Target mission Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1997 September 24 - Launch Vehicle: Storm-2. MTTV-4/Patriot Targ Target mission Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi). 1998 September 24 - 12:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Storm-2. MTTV/MTD-3 Target mission Agency: USA/OSC. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted.