May 3, 2017 - An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:02 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/ 2nd Lt. William Collette)
The PSRE consists of a gas storage assembly, two propellant storage assemblies containing a hypergolic mixture of nitrogen tetroxide as the oxidizer and monomethylhydrazine as the fuel, a gimbaled axial engine, 10 attitude-control engines, and the required interconnecting propellant manifold assemblies packaged within a cylindrical metal shell approximately 52 inches in diameter and 18.9 inches long.
Sept. 5, 2016 - An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/Michael Peterson)
Oct. 21, 2015 - A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test re-entry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Ian Dudley)
Feb. 20, 2016 - An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Credit: Air Force/Michael Peterson)
March 25, 2019 - A threat-representative ICBM target launches from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Editorial | 11. 14. 2024
L3Harris’ new ammonium perchlorate (AP) processing facility will enable the company’s Camden site to more efficiently screen and handle the ingredient used to make solid rocket motor propellant.
