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Kwajalein Meck

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First Launch: 1968-03-30. Last Launch: 2014-06-22. Number: 90 . Longitude: 167.73 deg. Latitude: 9.01 deg.

• KT-1 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• KT-2 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• KT-3 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

• KT-4 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi).

• KT-5 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi).

• KT-6 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

• KT-7 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• KT-8 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).

• KT-9 - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

• KT-10 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• KT-11 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

• KT-12 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).

• KT-13 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

• KT-14 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

• KT-15 test - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M1-1 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M1-1A Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M1-4 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Safeguard M1-4 intercept by Spartan of a Minuteman 1B target..

• Safeguard M1-27 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Safeguard M1-27 intercept by Spartan of a Minuteman 1B target..

• Safeguard M1-9 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).

• Safeguard M1-9A Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M1-12 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• SAFEGUARD M1-30 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Safeguard M1-30 intercept by Spartan of a Minuteman 1B target..

• SAFEGUARD M1-30 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Safeguard M1-30 intercept by Spartan of a Minuteman 1B target..

• Safeguard M1-28 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• SAFEGUARD M1-13 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• SAFEGUARD M1-13 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M1-7A Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M1-8 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M2-1 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 123 km (76 mi).

• Safeguard M1-14A Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M2-2 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

• Safeguard M2-8 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

• Safeguard M2-5 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

• Safeguard M2-3 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 148 km (91 mi).

• Safeguard M2-4 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

• Safeguard M2-6 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).

• Safeguard M2-9 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi).

• Safeguard M2-11 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).

• Isolated Rail test - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-19 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).

• Safeguard M2-15 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 26 km (16 mi).

• Safeguard M2-34 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-42 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).

• Safeguard M2-42A Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M2-14 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-12 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-40 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

• SAFEGUARD M2-21 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M2-26 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

• Safeguard M2-43 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• SAFEGUARD M2-41 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• SAFEGUARD M2-41 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard TRM-97 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M2-22 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).

• SAFEGUARD M2-45 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi).

• SAFEGUARD M2-45 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 347 km (215 mi).

• Safeguard M2-27 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M2-245 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

• Safeguard M2-48 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M2-148 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard TRM-133 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-248 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

• Safeguard M2-245A Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-348 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).

• Safeguard M2-448 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 25 km (15 mi).

• Safeguard M2-445 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-345 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-545 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Safeguard M2-548 Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 4.00 km (2.40 mi).

• ERIS Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

  During the mission the TRW team monitored a mission telephone com channel real time in Redondo Beach. Participants recall the intense, "nail biting" anxiety as they waited the approximate 30 minutes it took for the RV to reach the nominal intercept point, over the Pacific and closer to Hawaii than to Kwajalein Atoll. Launch of the Minuteman I target from Vandenberg AFB came at 1803:00.3, launch of the ERIS interceptor at 1824:24.2, and kinetic intercept over Pacific at 1832:08.2.

• ERIS Interceptor mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 290 km (180 mi).

  This second test or ERIS against a Minuteman I was considered successful enough that no further tests were planned. A second launch attempt on 11 May 1991 had been scrubbed after launch of the target missile but before launch of the interceptor. Further develoment of the technology was to be accomplished by the Orbital Sciences' Aries test vehicle with spectacularly poor results.

• IFT-1A EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

  Non-intercept fly-by to assess the performance of the Boeing-built EKV seeker, collect target phenomenological data, and evaluate (post-test) target-modeling and discrimination algorithms. Boeing was not chosen as the NMD EKV contractor, partly as a result of its system's performance on this test.

• IFT-2 EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

  Non-intercept fly-by to assess the performance of the Raytheon-built EKV seeker, collect target phenomenological data, and evaluate (post-test) target-modeling and discrimination algorithms. Raytheon was chosen as the NMD EKV contractor, partly as a result of its system's performance on this test.

• IFT-3 EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi).

  EKV anti-ballistic missile interceptor launched from Kwajalein Atoll by a two-stage PLV. Intercept of the MSLS launched by Minuteman 2 from Vandenberg was successful. Element test of the EKV, not an end-to-end system test, which relied on a surrogate booster vehicle and range assets to define the deployment basket and deliver the EKV to that location. Once deployed, the EKV operated autonomously to intercept the mock RV. Due to a malfunctioning Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), which normally was used to position the EKV for the intercept, a backup method of locating the target had to be exercised. The EKV called upon its step-stare capabilities (which were used only during off-nominal circumstances) to extend its field of view since the target was not where it was anticipated. After executing that procedure, the EKV acquired its target.

• IFT-4 EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi).

  Unsuccessful ABM test. First end-to-end system test (intercept attempt) using NMD prototype elements (except the IFICS) and range assets to approximate the objective system. The EKV was again successfully delivered by a surrogate booster and separated into the deployment basket. The failure to intercept was directly traceable to the cryogenic cooling system of the EKV, which failed to cool the IR sensors down to their operating temperatures in time because of an obstructed cooling line.

• IFT-5 EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 230 km (140 mi).

  ABM test failure. Second end-to-end system test (intercept attempt) using NMD prototype elements and range assets to approximate the objective system. The IFICS served as the communication link between the BMC3 and EKV. The EKV did not separate from the surrogate booster due to an apparent failure in the 1553 data bus in the booster.

• IFT-6 EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

  Successful ABM test, a repeat of IFT-5. The US Army then launched the Lockheed Martin PLV, consisting of SR19 and M57A1 stages, to an intercept it at an altitude of 225 km. The test was part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defence Segment of the NMD (National Missile Defense) program.The prototype X-Band radar (XBR) used in IFT-6 could not process all the information it was receiving quickly enough, causing it to falsely report that the interceptor had missed its target. But in fact the interceptor functioned correctly, and the kill was confirmed by sensors on a satellite, a 747 jet, and ground stations. Starting in IFT-6, a recurring error was identified in the EKV's target position estimation data. The glitch never interfered with the effectiveness of the EKV, and was attributed to degraded EKV inertial measurement unit output data caused by electromagnetic interference from test-unique cabling.

• IFT-7 EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi). Successful ABM intercept test, a repeat of IFT-6..

• IFT-8 EKV ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi). Successful ABM intercept test, with additional decoy target balloons being introduced..

• IFT-9 EKV Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

  Successful intercept. The target suite consisted of a mock warhead and a number of decoys launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, towards the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein. IFT-9 (largely a replay of IFT-8) was designed to increase confidence in the GMD capability to execute hit-to-kill intercepts. Overall, the test execution was nominal although the EKV experienced the track gate anomaly previously observed in IFT-7 and IFT-8. The software changes incorporated in IFT-9 to mitigate this problem were not successful. The Aegis SPY-1 radar was used for the first time in a national missile defense capacity.

• IFT-10 EKV Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 225 km (139 mi).

  Attempted anti-ballistic missile night intercept. The EKV failed to separate from the surrogate boost vehicle. The failure to separate was attributed to a quality control failure combined with shank and vibration loads on the EKV. As a result, corrective measures taken to fix the track gate anomaly found in previous tests could not be tested. GMD suspended intercept flight testing after IFT-10. IFT-11 and IFT-12 that employed the problematic surrogate booster were eliminated from the schedule.

• IFT-13B [EKV Mock-up] test - . Nation: USA. Agency: OSC. Manufacturer: OSC. Apogee: 272 km (169 mi).

  Launch delayed from October 2003. This system-level test of the Orbital Sciences' boost vehicle launched the rocket carrying a simulated EKV from Kwajalein Atoll against a simulated target coming from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. IFT-13B was not an intercept attempt. Included in this test was the latest version of the GMD program's fire control software, which was being built by Northrop Grumman and which performed as expected in this test.

• FT-1 EKV Prototype ABM test - . Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Manufacturer: OSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). Launch delayed from late 2004. Successful test of hit-to-kill anti-ballistic missile homer, although no target was intercepted..

• FTG-06A Target - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). ABM target..

• FTM-15 Target - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

• THAAD FTI-01 - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Interceptor mission, part of the FTI-01 missile defence experiment. Successfully intercepted an E-LRALT target launched from a C-17 off Wake Island..

• THAAD KV eMBRM intercept - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Anti-ballistic missile.

• THAAD KV Aegis Backup - . Nation: USA. Type: ABM. Anti-ballistic missile.

• GMD FTG-06b Target - . Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).