Orbital target for MDA. (Digest).Orbital Sciences successfully launched the sub-orbital target rocket test vehicle in conjunction with the US Missile Defense Agency's sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system Noun 1. missile defense system - naval weaponry providing a defense system missile defence system naval weaponry - weaponry for warships . The Target Test Vehicle (TTV TTV Transfusion Transmitted Virus TTV Total Thickness Variation (semiconductor wafer planarity) TTV TechTV TTV Total Transaction Value TTV Tapping the Vein (band) TTV Target Test Vehicle ) flew from Kauai, Hawaii. Contracted by the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Based out of Los Angeles Air Force Base in California, the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is a part of Air Force Space Command of the United States Air Force. Its mission is to conduct research and development of U.S. military outer space and missile systems. , Orbital's Launch Systems Group supplied the TIV for the tests and conducted the launch. (Orbital) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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