The basic component is the kinetic kill vehicle that conducts terminal homing and satellite intercept. It will be launched by a Minuteman-class booster, a proven launch vehicle. The KKV was designed, developed, manufactured, and integrated under the KE/ASAT demonstration/validation program from 1990 to 1993, and ground tested under the follow-on Tactical ASAT Technologies program, which was initiated by Congress in FY93.