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U.S. Navy’s 3rd MUOS Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral


U.S. Navy’s 3rd MUOS Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral Lockheed Martin has delivered its third satellite in the U.S. Navy’s next-generation mobile communications program to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, for a January launch, the company said in a Nov. 7 press release. The multibillion-dollar Mobile User Objective System ultimately will consist of four geostationary-orbiting satellites plus one on-orbit spare, and four ground stations. Built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, California, the MUOS constellation is designed to provide smartphone-like communications to mobile forces at rates 10 times faster than the legacy system.   More



(Source: Space News - Nov 11)

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