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Midway Island SDZ

Site · USA

Part of Midway

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Air-launched rocket drop zone south of Midway.

Family: Air Drop Zone
Country: USA
Launch Vehicles: LRALT
Launch Sites: Midway

Chronology

1 event

2004 May 3

04:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Midway. Launch Complex: Midway Island SDZ. Launch Pad: 25.0 N x 178.0 W. Launch Platform: C-17. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: LRALT.

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..

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2004 May 3