https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1757895458758787272QuoteWilliam Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/USSF-124: LIFTOFF! At 5:30pm EST (2230 UTC)
William Harwood @cbs_spacenewsF9/USSF-124: LIFTOFF! At 5:30pm EST (2230 UTC)
A hypersonic test bed built by Kratos took its first flight last month, launching experiments for the Missile Defense Agency and hitting speeds above Mach 5.MDA announced the successful flight of its first Hypersonic Testbed, HTB-1, June 14, which took off from Wallops Island in Virginia. Not only did it provide a high-speed test platform for the agency, but it allowed its two missile tracking satellites — launched in February and designed to detect advanced threats — to catch their first tracks of a hypersonic vehicle.