Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 06.24.2025
NASA launched a Sporadic-E Electro Dynamics, or SEED, sounding rocket from Roi Namur, Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands during a test June 20. During the mission, SEED was tracked by sensors at Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein. Part of the NASA team stand in front of Reagan Test Site’s ARPA Long-Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar, or......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 05.21.2025
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 12:01 Pacific Time May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S. ICBM fleet is ready, reliable and effective in leveraging dominance in an era of strategic competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 02.19.2025
An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during the Glory Trip-252 operational test on Feb. 19 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. ICBM test launches demonstrate the readiness, reliability and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, ensuring national security in an era of strategic competition. This routine test validates the accuracy and performance......
Photo by Allen Meeks | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 07.12.2023
Incoming commander Col. Andrew Morgan holds the command flag for U.S. Army Garrison, Kwajalein Atoll, during a change of command ceremony, June 28, 2023 (left). Morgan, an Army astronaut, participates in extravehicular activity/spacewalk EVA#57, during NASA ISS Expedition 61, Oct. 11, 2019 (right). (U.S. Army photo illustration by Allen Meeks)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis DePrisco | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 11.20.2020
Col. Stephen Parrish serves as the commander of the U.S. Army Satellite Operations Brigade, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis Deprisco/RELEASED)...
Photo by Carrie Campbell | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 11.17.2020
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA launches from an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer as part of Flight Test Aegis Weapons System-44, Nov. 17. During FTM-44, members of the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of......
Photo by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 11.16.2020
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA launches from an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer as part of Flight Test Aegis Weapons System-44, Nov. 17. During FTM-44, members of the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of......
Photo by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 10.29.2020
The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, or RTS, tracks an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch Oct. 29 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during Air Force Global Strike Command’s Glory Trip-236 operational test. Sensors at RTS at Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, located 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii, are controlled at the......
