Ground-based Interceptor missile successfully launches from Vandenberg SFB

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. - Vandenberg announced that a U.S. Missile Defense Agency flight test of a Ground-based Interceptor missile successfully took off from their base Sunday morning.

The launch window was from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the launch occurred at 10:30 a.m. from North Vandenberg.

This flight was conducted by Space Launch Delta 30, the Missile Defense Agence and U.S. Northern Command.

"Team Vandenberg has a long history of collaborating with our Missile Defense Agency partners to ensure safe launch operations for missile defense tests,” said Col. Robert Long, Space Launch Delta 30 commander. "It’s an honor for Space Launch Delta 30 to work with our mission partners on this important national security test."

We will have more on how this launch went tonight on NewsChannel 3-12.