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US Pacific test vehicle launch site. In use from 1974 for launches of re-entry test vehicles and anti-ballistic missile targets. Known to have been used for 18 launches from 1974 to 2004, reaching up to 500 kilometers altitude. General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1974 February 13 - Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. HAVE MILL 1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF/USA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1974 March 9 - Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. HAVE MILL 2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF/USA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1974 March 24 - Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. HAVE MILL 3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF/USA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1974 May 19 - Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. HAVE MILL 4 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF/USA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1974 May 29 - Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. HAVE MILL 5 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF/USA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1974 June 13 - Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. HAVE MILL 6 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF/USA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1974 June 23 - Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. HAVE MILL 7 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF/USA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1992 October 16 - Launch Vehicle: Castor-Orbus. Castor-Orbus-1 SPFE 6 FAILURE: Failure. Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: OSC. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1993 January 28 - Launch Vehicle: Super Chief. HPB TCMP 1B Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: OSC. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). 1993 February 11 - Launch Vehicle: Super Chief. HPB TCMP 1C? FAILURE: Failure. Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: OSC. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). 1996 July 15 - 18:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. Castor 4B TCMP IIB Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: OSC. Apogee: 317 km (196 mi). 1997 February 22 - Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. Castor 4B TCMP II Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: OSC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 1997 March 1 - Launch Vehicle: Castor 4B. Castor 4B TCMP IIC Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: OSC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 1999 September 6 - Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. TCMP-3A re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: OSC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 2001 February 20 - 18:58 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. TCMP-3B Sensors mission Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). 2002 May 30 - 02:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. SR19/SR19 MBRV-2 PAC-3 OT-2a Target mission Agency: USA SSDC. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). 2004 September 29 - Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. CMP-4A Target mission Agency: USA SMDC/MDA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 2004 October 6 - Launch Vehicle: SR19/SR19. CMP-4B Target mission Agency: USA SMDC/MDA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 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. |
