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Pyatyorka is a common name for the missile as the "digit 5", corresponding to the R-7 Semyorka, the digit 7. The basic version of the missile was an inertially-guided submarine-launched cruise missile to threaten the US coasts. The missile could be armed with either a 1000 kg high explosive or a 200 or 350 kt nuclear warhead.
Now operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. [61] United States: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico: 1945– 7500+ Military and civilian flights. Served as alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle. [62] United States
Now part of the Space and Missile Heritage Center. 34°45′49″N 120°37′29″W / 34.76361°N 120.62472°W / 34.76361; -120.62472 Space Launch Complex 11
MSIC Building. MSIC's overall mission is to support field commanders, weapon system developers, and policy makers with scientific and technical all-source intelligence on surface-to-air missiles (SAM), short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) with ranges less than 1,000 kilometers, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), missile defense systems, directed-energy weapons (DEW), selected space programs ...
Space Shuttle Enterprise at SLC-6 in launch configuration in February 1985. Between November 1984 and May 1985, the Space Shuttle Enterprise was mated with External Tank and SRBs in boilerplate configuration for a series of fit checks like those conducted at LC-39. [12] SLC-6 was declared operational during acceptance ceremonies held on 15 ...
Eglin AFB Site C-6 is a United States Space Force radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, associated computer processing system(s), and radar control equipment designed and constructed for the U.S. Air Force by the Bendix Communications Division, Bendix Corporation.
The officer said RADR and missile defences would be more effective than the report estimated, and noted that Chinese strike planners would most likely use a mix of munitions rather than 100% anti ...
The company is headquartered on 11 hectares (26 acres) of industrial land in Kent, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, where its research and development is located.The facility was 24,000 m 2 (260,000 sq ft) in size in early 2015, [3] growing to 28,000 m 2 (300,000 sq ft) by March 2016 with Blue Origin leasing additional space in adjacent office buildings.