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Barking Sands LC42

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Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

Polaris launch complex. PMR Pad

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Country
USA
Launch Vehicles
STARS
Launch Sites
Barking Sands

Chronology

6 events

1993 February 26

20:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: Barking Sands LC42. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.
  • FTU-1 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SDC. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).

1993 August 25

10:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: Barking Sands LC42. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.
  • Zodiac Beauchamp Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SDC. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).

1994 July 22

Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: Barking Sands LC42. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.
  • ODES - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SDC. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1996 August 31

15:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: Barking Sands LC42. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.
  • ODES/MSX MDT-2 Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SDC. Apogee: 909 km (564 mi).

2011 November 17

11:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: Barking Sands LC42. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.
  • AHW Flight 1A - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Advanced Hypersonic Weapon test. The boost-glide vehicle reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific and flew a long hypersonic glide trajectory to the Kwajalein Island impact area..

2017 October 30

Launch Site: Barking Sands. Launch Complex: Barking Sands LC42. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.
  • CPS FE-1 - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted Kwajalein..