GMD successfully conducts flight test with new booster

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program has successfully conducted its first system-level test using a new interceptor booster made by Orbital Sciences Corp., according to MDA. Launched on Jan. 26 at 9:23 p.m. Eastern time from the Kwajalein Atoll in the...

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