May 3, 2017 - An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:02 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/ 2nd Lt. William Collette)
The PSRE consists of a gas storage assembly, two propellant storage assemblies containing a hypergolic mixture of nitrogen tetroxide as the oxidizer and monomethylhydrazine as the fuel, a gimbaled axial engine, 10 attitude-control engines, and the required interconnecting propellant manifold assemblies packaged within a cylindrical metal shell approximately 52 inches in diameter and 18.9 inches long.
Sept. 5, 2016 - An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/Michael Peterson)
Oct. 21, 2015 - A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test re-entry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Ian Dudley)
Feb. 20, 2016 - An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Credit: Air Force/Michael Peterson)
March 25, 2019 - A threat-representative ICBM target launches from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Press release | 04. 15. 2026
L3Harris Technologies, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the Orange County Board of Supervisors have announced an agreement to further expand L3Harris’ solid rocket motor production capacity at its site in Orange County with the creation of the Virginia Advanced Propulsion Facilities (VAPF).
