AEHF 2 communications satellite keeps on climbing

Avoiding the perilous past of its forerunner, the U.S. Air Force's newly launched anti-jam communications satellite has successfully fired its main engine three times to maneuver toward the intended operational orbit. The Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 spacecraft, AEHF 2, was launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral on May 4, reaching a supersynchronous transfer orbit stretching from 138 statute miles at its lowest point to over 31,200 statute miles at its highest and inclined 20.6 degrees to the equator. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - May 18)