Midway Island SDZ

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Type: Air Drop Zone. Latitude: 28.10000 deg. Longitude: -177.38000 deg.

Air-launched rocket drop zone known to have been used for 1 launch in 2004, reaching up to 300 kilometers altitude.

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

2004 May 3 - 04:06 GMT - Launch Vehicle: LRALT. LRALT Demo test Agency: USA. 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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