Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) Space Flight Test, June 1992,Performance Validation

摘要

The Army Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) program achieved asignificant milestone in execution of the LEAP 2 Space Flight Test on June 19, 1992 at White Sands Missile Range. The primary objective of the LEAP 2 Flight Test was to demonstrate hit to kill intercept performance against a non-boosting target. Although intercept of the target was precluded by degraded test conditions, the data from this space test successfully validated the performance of the kill vehicle in a space environment. All test objectives were achieved except the intercept. The kill vehicle tracker, guidance, electronics, propulsion, inertial sensors, battery, and telemetry worked as predicted. Data from the space test has been used to validate kill vehicle simulation models.