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  • HIM-78 Sprint
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  • The HIM-78 Sprint is a ground-launch anti-space missile designed to shoot down spacecraft and satellites in near orbit. It uses a kinetic warhead and two-stage booster system with a low launch signature to improve its chances of a surprise first-strike. Against craft in low orbit, the Sprint's payload can be directly inserted into the path of the target, though against geostationary targets the missile must use a Hohmann transfer orbit before completing a circularization burn to achieve geostationary orbit. Typical travel time on an Earth-like world from ground launch to GEO is approximately 3,800 seconds.
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  • The HIM-78 Sprint is a ground-launch anti-space missile designed to shoot down spacecraft and satellites in near orbit. It uses a kinetic warhead and two-stage booster system with a low launch signature to improve its chances of a surprise first-strike. Against craft in low orbit, the Sprint's payload can be directly inserted into the path of the target, though against geostationary targets the missile must use a Hohmann transfer orbit before completing a circularization burn to achieve geostationary orbit. Typical travel time on an Earth-like world from ground launch to GEO is approximately 3,800 seconds. HIM-78 Sprint systems are part of the command-level support assets of a Marine Assault Unit.