[Launch Alert] GBI Launch Today

[Launch Alert]

A Ground-based Interceptor (GBI) missile is scheduled for launch today (May 30) from Vandenberg AFB during a 12:00-16:14 PDT launch window. The event is part of a missile defense test that calls for the GBI to intercept a target launched from Kwajalein in the central Pacific.

If the sky is clear, the midday-afternoon GBI launch could be visible to the unaided eye for more than 50 miles. However, the intercept will not be visible.

According to the Vandenberg AFB web site, off-base public viewing will be available on Corral Road.

Because this is a test of a critical weapon system, launch status and countdown information will probably only be available on base and at the public viewing area on Corral Road. However, Fox News announced it plans to televise the event.

For more information about the test, go to:

https://www.noozhawk.com/article/missile_defense_test_involving_vandenberg_afb_aims_at_intercept