[Launch Alert] Missile Defense Test Scheduled

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                         kd6nrp at earthlink.net
                     http://www.spacearchive.info
		       
                            2008 December 3 (Wednesday) 17:10 PST
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                   MISSILE DEFENSE TEST SCHEDULED
                    Vandenberg AFB Media Advisory
                             2008 DEC 2

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Missile Defense Agency is
scheduled to conduct a test of the ground-based interceptor system
between noon and 4 p.m. here Friday.  

During the evaluation, an interceptor launched from the Ronald W. Reagan
Missile Defense Site here will be tested against a target missile,
launched from Alaska's Kodiak Island. 
 
The main objective of Friday's test will be to exercise the operational
configuration of the interceptor missile.

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                         EDITOR'S COMMENTS

It is unknown if the noon to 4 p.m. time frame mentioned in the above
media advisory is the actual launch window or a much larger block of
time within which the actual launch window falls.

Since this is a weapon system test, launch status or countdown audio/
video will probably not be available to the public.

If the weather is clear, the launch should be visible for at least a
50 mile radius from the launch site.

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