Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site

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The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), is a missile test range in the Pacific Ocean. Includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island, and Aur Atoll.

The Reagan Test Site also serves as a tracking station for manned space flight and NASA research projects.

Launch activities at the test site include ballistic missile tests, ABM interception tests, meteorological sounding rockets and a commercial spaceport for SpaceX at Omelek Island.