SRALT
Missile · USA
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American target missile. Single stage short range air launched target vehicle consisting of 1 x SR19
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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Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Sites
- Barking Sands LP1, Midway Island NDZ
Chronology
6 events
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.2009 December 11
Launch Site: Midway. Launch Complex: Midway Island NDZ. Launch Platform: C-17. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: SRALT.2011 July 9
02:04 GMT - . Launch Site: Point Mugu. Launch Platform: C-17. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: SRALT.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..