USA SMDC
Organisation · USA
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American agency. US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, USA.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Sites
- White Sands, Fort Wingate, Kwajalein
Chronology
15 events
1995 June 26
Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Strypi. Launch Vehicle: Strypi IX. FAILURE: Failure.- ETCE-11 Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SMDC. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1995 June 29
Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Strypi. Launch Vehicle: Strypi IX.- ETCE-12 Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SMDC. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1998 November 20
Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: M56A1.1999 September 16
13:26 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Wingate. Launch Complex: Fort Wingate LC96. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Hera.2001 November 9
18:12 GMT - . Launch Site: Kodiak. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS. FAILURE: Failure.2004 September 29
Launch Site: Wake Island. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19.2004 October 6
Launch Site: Wake Island. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19.2004 December 15
04:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Kodiak. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.- IFT-13c Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SMDC. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Target for ballistic missile defence intercept test. Launch successful, but anti-ballistic missile that was to intercept it never left silo. Impacted in Pacific Ocean. Delayed from January, August, November, December 9 and 12.
2005 February 14
06:22 GMT - . Launch Site: Kodiak. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.2006 February 23
16:09 GMT - . Launch Site: Kodiak. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: STARS.2006 April 13
Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19.- CMCM-1 Target mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: MDA,
USA SMDC.
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
A two-stage SR19 rocket was flown from the Kaui Test Facility in the Pacific Missile Range Facility. The payload included the deployment of complex countermeasures, a mock reentry vehicle, an onboard sensor package. This series of radar certification flight was initially part of the Block 2004 effort.
2006 April 28
Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19.- CMCM-2 Target mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: MDA,
USA SMDC.
Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
This countermeasures test was a repeat of the one held on April 13, 2006. MDA tested its radars in the Pacific Missile Test Facility in Hawaii against a target missile that carried countermeasures, a mock warhead, and an onboard sensor package. No interceptor missiles were used.