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SpaceX’s first mission for USAF is to launch X-37B

Posted on June 7, 2017 by alert5

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson disclosed that SpaceX will launch the X-37B into orbit this August.

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GMD intercepts ICBM target for the first time

Posted on May 31, 2017May 31, 2017 by alert5

A Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor has successfully taken out a ICBM-class target – launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll – for the first time on May 30.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system. During the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target for GMD and the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. Visit https://www.mda.mil for more info. — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system. During the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target for GMD and the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. Visit https://www.mda.mil for more info.

Israel tested rocket propulsion system

Posted on May 30, 2017 by alert5

Israel conducted the trial of a rocket propulsion system in the early morning of May 29. The launch was captured by Israelis and posted on social media.