Kwajalein infrastructure and RTS headquarters, click to enlarge.

The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site, is a missile test range in the South Pacific. It covers about 750,000 square miles and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island, and Aur Atoll. It primarially functions as a test facility for U.S. missile defense and space research programs. Image File history File links RTS_Kwajalein. ... Image File history File links RTS_Kwajalein. ... Kwajalein Atoll - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Kwajalein Atoll (Marshallese: Kuwajleen) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). ... World map showing Oceania (geographically) Oceania is a geographical (often geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories—mostly islands—in the Pacific Ocean. ... Infantry inspect a hole in the devasted Kwajalein Atoll Kwajalein Atoll is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), 2,100 nautical miles (3900 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, at 8. ... Aur Atoll is an atoll of 43 islands in the Pacific Ocean. ...

The mission control center, along with most of the personnel and infrastructure, is located at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands[1]. Eleven of the atoll's islands are operated by the U.S. military under a long term lease with the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Equipment installed at the test site includes various tracking radars, stationary and mobile telemetry, optical recording equipment and a secure fiberoptic data network via undersea cables. The Reagan Test Site also serves as a tracking station for manned space flight and NASA research projects. M*A*S*H , see Corporal Walter (Radar) OReilly. ... Telemetry is a technology which allows the remote measurement and reporting of information of interest to the system designer or operator. ... Optical fibers An optical fiber is a transparent thin fiber, usually made of glass or plastic, for transmitting light. ... A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to carry telecommunications between countries. ... Human spaceflight is space exploration with a human crew, and possibly passengers (in contrast to dog-manned space missions, which are remotely-controlled or robotic space probes). ... NASA logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

Launch activities at the test site include ballistic missile tests, ABM interception tests, meteorological sounding rockets and a commercial space port for SpaceX at Omelek Island. Robert Barclay's critically acclaimed novel Meļaļ is set in Kwajalein Atoll, and it details the legacy and impact of continued missile testing. Polish missile wz. ... An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles: a ballistic missile is used to deliver nuclear weapons or their elements in a ballistic flight trajectory. ... Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. ... The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is an El Segundo, California space transportation startup company whose stated goal is to improve the cost and reliability of access to space ultimately by a factor of ten. SpaceX is developing a family of mostly reusable two stage, kerosene/liquid oxygen launch vehicles. ... Omelek Island is part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. ...

External links

• Official military website