A flight test launch was conducted by Space Launch Delta 30, the Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Northern Command at North Vandenberg Space Force Base. An element of the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, a ground-based interceptor missile, successfully launched from North Vandenberg Space Force Base at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, according to base officials. The Santa Maria Times reports that Col. Robert Long, Space Launch Delta 30 commander and decision authority, marked the launch a success.

“Today was another milestone in the longstanding partnership between Space Launch Delta 30 and the Missile Defense Agency,” Long said. “Once again, the combined team displayed their hallmark professionalism and ‘can-do’ attitude in making this a successful test.”