On November 27, at 10:15 hours, Air Defence Target-02 was launched from LC III. The Weapon System Radars picked up the target at 3 km altitude, MCC gave target assignment to LCC, Ground Guidance Computed the Initial Azimuth, time of launch of PAD and uploaded to On-board computer and the PAD interceptor lifted off when the Target was at Apogee and onboard guidance steered the interceptor towards target. The on-board seeker acquired the target, the stage separation and second stage motor ignition events happened as planned. The Terminal Guidance and Control performed flawlessly. All the mission events took place as expected. The PAD intercepted the Target successfully at an altitude of 50 km.
Defence Minister, Mr AK Antony conveyed his heartiest congratulations to the entire DRDO community and its Programme Director and Chief Controller of Research & Development, Dr VK Saraswat on the success of the mission.