MUOS 5 satellite comes to Florida on way to geosynchronous orbit

The fifth and final satellite for the U.S. Navy’s new mobile network to provide rugged smartphone communications to all branches of the military has arrived at the launch site for blastoff in May. The Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 5, built to be an on-orbit spare, was flown aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft March 3 from its Lockheed Martin factory in Sunnyvale, California to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Liftoff is targeted for May 5 atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flying in its mightiest 551 configuration with five strap-on solid-fuel boosters. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 10)