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SR-19 M-57A1
 Hera |
 PLV |
 Juno (ait-1) [OSC] |
 Juno (PTV) [OSC] |
The second and third stages of retired Minuteman-2 ICBMs were converted to suborbital launch vehicles for a variety of payloads. Coleman Aerospace offers the Hera as a target launch vehicle. Boeings PLV is used to launch prototype Ground-Based Interceptors for the National Missile Defence. Orbital's Juno launched a radar calibration target and with a PTV target it is Orbital's equivalent to Hera.
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Hera | SR-19-AJ-1 | M-57A1 |
| PLV | SR-19-AJ-1 | M-57A1 |
| Juno | SR-19-AJ-1 | M-57A1 |
Nr TypeNr Vehicle Date LS Payload
1 1 Hera 24.04.1995 WS LC-32 * BRV PTV Demo 2 2 Hera 02.10.1995 WS LC-94 * BRV Demo (Sim Payload) 3 3 Hera 02.02.1996 WS LC-94 * BRV Pile Driver Demo 4 4 Hera 22.02.1996 WS LC-94 * BRV FT 05 (THAAD 5 Target) 5 5 Hera 15.07.1996 WS LC-94 * BRV FT 06 (THAAD 6 Target) 6 6 Hera 09.10.1996 WS LC-94 * BRV RST 1 (THAAD Radar Observation Target) 9 7 Hera 06.03.1997 WS LC-94 * BRV FT 07 (THAAD 7 Target) 10 1 PLV 23.06.1997 Me * ITF 1A EKV 12 8 Hera 17.11.1997 FW LC-96 * F MTV Demo 13 2 PLV 16.01.1998 Me * IFT 2 EKV 14 9 Hera (Block-2) 02.03.1998 FW LC-96 * MBRV-3 Demo 15 10 Hera 12.05.1998 WS LC-94 * BRV FT 08 (THAAD 8 Target) 17 1 Juno 06.11.1998 Kd LP-2 * ait 1 18 11 Hera 14.12.1998 FW LC-96 * F PAC-3 SCF 1 (PAC-3 Target) 19 12 Hera 15.03.1999 FW LC-96 * BRV PAC-3 SCF 2 (PAC-3 Target) 20 13 Hera 29.03.1999 WS LC-94 * BRV FT 09 (THAAD 9 Target) 22 14 Hera 25.05.1999 FW LC-96 * F BRV FT 10 (THAAD 10 Target) 23 15 Hera 10.06.1999 WS LC-94 * BRV FT 10-2 (THAAD 10 Target) 24 16 Hera 02.08.1999 WS LC-94 * BRV FT 11 (THAAD 11 Target) 26 17 Hera 16.09.1999 FW LC-96 * BRV PAC-3 SCF 3 (PAC-3 Target) 27 3 PLV 03.10.1999 Me * IFT 3 EKV 28 4 PLV 19.01.2000 Me * IFT 4 EKV 29 18 Hera 05.02.2000 FW LC-96 * MBRV-3 PAC-3 SCF 4 (PAC-3 Target) 30 5 PLV 08.07.2000 Me * P IFT 5 EKV 33 19 Hera 31.03.2001 FW LC-96 * MBRV-3 PAC-3 34 20 Hera 09.07.2001 FW LC-96 * MBRV-1E PAC-3 35 6 PLV 15.07.2001 Me * IFT 6 EKV 36 7 PLV 04.12.2001 Me * IFT 7 EKV 37 8 PLV 16.03.2002 Me * IFT 8 EKV 38 21 Hera 21.03.2002 FW LC-96 * MBRV-3 PAC-3 41 9 PLV 15.10.2002 Me * IFT 9 EKV 42 10 PLV 11.12.2002 Me * P ITF 10 EKV 51 22 Hera 12.07.2006 WS ? * ? 52 23 Hera 13.09.2006 WS ? * F FTT-04 Target 54 24 Hera 25.03.2009 FW LC-96 * PAC-3 Target 56 25 Hera 16.09.2009 FW LC-96 * PAC-3 Target 57 26 Hera 15.10.2009 FW LC-96 * PAC-2 Target 59 2 Juno 17.02.2010 FW LC-96 ? * ? (MBRV-3) 60 3 Juno 02.03.2011 FW LC-96 * PTV Target (MBRV-3) 64 4 Juno 13.09.2012 FW LC-96 * PTV Target (MBRV-3) 73 5 Juno 10.12.2015 FW LC-96 * PAC-3 Target (MBRV-3) Launch sites: FW = Fort Wingate, New Mexico, USAMe = Meck Island, Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
