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U.S. Plans I: Missile Interceptor Booster Test Successful A booster vehicle developed for use in the U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense program was successfully launched Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California (see GSN, Aug. 15). The booster, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., reached an altitude of 1,165 miles and traveled over the Pacific Ocean for 3,300 miles (Orbital release, Aug. 17). Orbital spokesman Barron Beneski said the company is still examining the data from the launch, but initial signs looked good. “From what we can tell, all mission objectives were achieved,” Beneski said. “It looked like a good launch,” he said (Nora Wallace, Santa Barbara News-Press, Aug. 17).
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