{"id":4582,"date":"2013-09-22T13:29:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T13:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2013-09-22T13:29:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T13:29:53","slug":"a-beautiful-shot-of-a-missile-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4582","title":{"rendered":"A beautiful shot of a missile in the night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Galv\u00e1n III<\/a> sends the following text and photo for a missile launch this morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (BTW, the first launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1<\/a> had to wait 2 weeks for another launch window due to the fact the Western Range switched to these missile tests after SpaceX<\/a> missed its first window.)<\/p>\n

A LGM-30Minuteman rocket, also known as a Minuteman III, was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Sunday morning, September 22, 2013, at 3:01 PDT. The test launch is one of several launches scheduled for the west coast base this month.<\/em><\/p>\n

Under a full moon, the rocket lifted off from Launch-Facility 10 (LF-10) which is Minuteman rocket launch silo complex at Vandenberg.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Minuteman3-9-22-2013\"<\/a> Minuteman III Launch as seen from Goleta, California.
\n<\/em>Photo credit: \u00a9 Anthony Galv\u00e1n III.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Minuteman III\u00a0is a land-based\u00a0intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a>\u00a0(ICBM), designed to deliver\u00a0nuclear warheads<\/a>. Currently it is the only land-based ICBM in service in the United States. Each missile carries three nuclear warheads, which have a\u00a0yield<\/a>\u00a0in the range of 300 to 500\u00a0kilotons<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The letter \u201cL\u201d in \u201cLGM\u201d indicates that the missile is\u00a0silo<\/a>-launched; the \u201cG\u201d indicates that it is designed to attack ground targets; the \u201cM\u201d indicates that it is a\u00a0guided missile<\/a>.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The ICBM was named Minuteman after the Revolutionary War\u2019s Minutemen who were able to respond quickly to a threat in the late 1770s. The missile can be prepared and launched in minutes after a valid launch order has been issued and plans are to keep the missile in service until 2030.<\/em><\/p>\n

There are currently 450 Minuteman III missiles in silos located in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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Anthony Galv\u00e1n III sends the following text and photo for a missile launch this morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (BTW, the first launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 had to wait 2 weeks for another launch window due to the fact the Western Range switched to these missile tests after SpaceX missed its … Continue reading A beautiful shot of a missile in the night<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-multiple-media","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1bU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15047,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15047","url_meta":{"origin":4582,"position":0},"title":"Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 10 satellites & booster lands on droneship","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched ten Iridium NEXT satellites on Monday from Vandenberg AFB on the California coast. 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