A Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) successfully demonstrated proper separation of an advanced clamshell nosecone during a flight test mission off Hawaii today. The test was a major milestone for the United States-Japan Joint Cooperative Research (JCR) program, sponsored by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
The clamshell nosecone is the result of joint cooperative research by the MDA, Japan Defense Agency (JDA) and U.S. and Japanese industry. Raytheon integrated the nosecone on the SM-3.
The flight test mission was conducted from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, and did not include a target or a target interception. The USS Lake Erie launched the SM-3, which carried an instrumentation/telemetry package (ITP) instead of a kinetic warhead. The ITP measured temperature and shock during the test, and its cameras observed the nosecone's separation.
Missile operation progressed as in previous missions -- after first and second stage burnout and separation, the third stage rocket motor ignited. After the burnout of the first pulse of the third stage rocket motor, the clamshell nosecone separated.
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