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LF03 Chronology 1963 April 30 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 595 Research and development launch Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1963 July 11 - 23:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 650 Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1963 November 2 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 613 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1964 January 29 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 808 Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1964 February 25 - 02:45 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 688 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1964 March 25 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 738 FAILURE: Failure. Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1964 April 23 - 11:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 917 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1964 May 18 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 997 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1964 July 13 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 861 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1964 August 7 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 998 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1964 September 23 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 906 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1964 November 3 - 00:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 644 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1965 January 20 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 777 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1965 March 25 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 756 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1965 April 30 - 22:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 730 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1965 June 7 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 810 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1965 July 2 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 799 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1966 March 11 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1211 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1966 April 22 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1252 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1966 May 31 - 20:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1270 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1966 July 11 - 19:22 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1250 FAILURE: Failure. Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1966 August 5 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1377 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1966 September 16 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1291 FAILURE: Failure. Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1966 October 13 - 22:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1247 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1966 November 22 - 21:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1183 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1966 December 22 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 923 Flight operational test / salvo launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 January 30 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1206 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 February 21 - 22:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 700 Follow-on operational missile test - ripple launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 March 22 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1253 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 April 21 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1296 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 May 22 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1188 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 June 21 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1357 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 September 6 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1222 FOT GB46 Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 December 1 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1183 FOT GB50 Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1967 December 22 - 00:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1437 FOT GT02B Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1968 April 10 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1411 ST Olympic T. B-2 operational test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1968 May 22 - 10:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1359 ST Olympic T. B-3 operational test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1968 July 12 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1084 ST Olympic T. B-4 operational test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1969 January 30 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 874 FOT GT32B Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1969 March 25 - 19:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1308 FOT GT34B Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1969 July 1 - 04:36 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1282 FOT GT38B Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1969 August 28 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1358 FOT GT42B Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1969 October 3 - 01:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1173 FOT GT44B Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1969 November 26 - 05:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 2063 FOT GT49B Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1970 March 10 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1180 FOT GT62B Follow-on Test launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1970 May 27 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1404 FOT GT65B Follow-on Test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1970 June 25 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1413 FOT GT73B Follow-on Test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1970 September 2 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. FOT GT75B Follow-on Test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1970 October 26 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. FOT GT78B Follow-on Test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1971 March 2 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. FOT GT92B-3 Follow-on Test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1971 December 10 - 01:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. FOT GT99B-1 Follow-on Test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1973 April 25 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. HK-2 Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1973 December 11 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. HK-4? Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1974 April 27 - 08:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-35 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1974 July 11 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES/SAMAST re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1974 August 1 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-46 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1975 January 19 - 11:12 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Trident SFT-4 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1975 May 23 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES NTV-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1975 September 30 - 10:02 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SFT-05 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1975 November 13 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SFT-16 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1976 February 27 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES ANT-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1978 June 16 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES ANT-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1979 January 24 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES ABRV-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1979 July 6 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES LBRV-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1979 December 20 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES AMARV-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1980 April 10 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES STREP-4 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1980 October 8 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES AMARV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1981 March 15 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES TDV-4 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1981 October 4 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES AMARV-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1982 October 8 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP STREP-21 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1983 January 7 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP LBRV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1983 May 5 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP STREP-22 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1983 May 28 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP STREP-12 (HOE) Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1983 December 15 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP STREP-12A (HOE) Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1984 June 10 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP STREP-13 (HOE) Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1984 October 18 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP IPA-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1985 May 22 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP IPA-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1986 March 17 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP IPA-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1987 January 20 - 08:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. FAILURE: Failure. SENT-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1987 September 21 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SENT-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1988 January 18 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP TDMaRV re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1990 February 14 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP MAST re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1991 January 28 - 18:03 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. GBI-1 ERIS Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1991 May 11 - 20:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. GBI-2 ERIS Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). This was intended to be the second ERIS intercept flight, but there was either an ERIS launcher problem or a range safety problem that aborted the attempt after the target vehicle was on its way towards Kwajalein.It took just over one year to recover from that abort and to perform the intercept attempt against target vehicle "2B". 1991 June 21 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP AST re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1992 March 13 - 18:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. GBI-2B ERIS Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). 1992 October 25 - 01:06 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. FAILURE: Failure. RSLP AST-DT 2 Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1993 June 15 - 17:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. FAILURE: Failure. RSLP TDT-1 Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1996 September 27 - 16:51 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 MSLS IFT-Demo MSLS Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). 1997 January 17 - 01:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 MSLS IFT-1 IFT-1 EKV Target Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). Minuteman launched an MSLS target vehicle for the EKV anti-ballistic missile interceptor launched from Kwajalein Atoll. 1997 June 24 - 03:39 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 MSLS IFT-1A MSLS IFT-1A Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). RSLP (MSLS) IFT-1A. The target cluster consisted of 10 objects: one mock warhead, one bus (the stage of the missile which releases the warhead and decoys), and eight decoys. Three decoys were conical in shape, like the warhead, and five were spherical balloons. One balloon was large – 2.2 meters in diameter – and had a brighter IR signature than the mock warhead. The two medium-sized balloons were about as bright as the mock warhead; they did not deploy as expected and were not reliable parts of the testing program. The two small balloons were released via a canister and were much dimmer than the mock warhead. 1998 January 16 - 03:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 MSLS IFT-2 MSLS IFT-2 Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). The same decoy set used in IFT-1A was also used in IFT-2. The target cluster consisted of 10 objects: one mock warhead, the bus (the stage of the missile which releases the warhead and decoys), and eight decoys. 1999 October 3 - 02:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 MSLS IFT-3 MSLS IFT-3 Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). The only decoy used in IFT-3 was the large balloon from IFT-1A and IFT-2. It had an IR signature six times higher than that of the mock warhead. Because the decoy was so much brighter than the mock warhead, the EKV saw it first. Once the EKV realized that the balloon’s IR signature did not match the target data loaded prior to the test, the interceptor shifted to the nearby target. 2000 January 19 - 02:19 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 MSLS IFT-4 MSLS IFT-4 Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). The only decoy used was the single large balloon from the previous tests. Smaller balloons originally had been planned to be a part of IFT-4, but were dropped in an attempt to simplify the test. 2000 July 8 - 04:19 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 MSLS IFT-5 MSLS IFT-5 Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). A C-band transponder on the mock warhead provided location information; its data was compared against its GPS receiver to determine its accuracy. The only decoy used was the large balloon from previous tests. It did not inflate properly, causing MDA officials to use a different decoy in the future. 2001 July 15 - 02:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 MSLS IFT-6 IFT-6 GMDS target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). The Minuteman II flew a suborbital trajectory with an apogee of around 1600 km and reentered near Kwajalein Atoll. The Boeing Minuteman II had an M55E1 first stage, an SR19 second stage and an M57A1 third stage. One large decoy balloon was used, 1.7 meters in diameter, slightly smaller than the balloon used earlier as a decoy. This new decoy still had an IR signature much brighter (approximately three times) than that of the mock warhead. 2002 March 16 - 02:11 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Minotaur 2 TLV-2 IFT-8 GMDS target mission Agency: USAF AFSPC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). A mock warhead and three decoy balloons (one large, two small) were used to increase the difficulty of determining the target’s location. Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
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