Tag: MUOS 4
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Photos: Navy satellite wrapped up in Atlas rocket nose cone
This photo gallery shows the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket’s payload fairing for the planned Aug. 31 liftoff. The 18-foot-diamter shroud covers the satellite during the initial minutes of flight as the 206-foot-tall rocket climbs through the atmosphere. Photos: United…
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Attention social media users: See an Atlas 5 launch up close!
The previous ULA Social visited the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — United Launch Alliance is giving members of the public a behind-the-scenes look during one of its Atlas 5 rocket flights from Cape Canaveral. The event for social media users is scheduled for Aug. 30 and…
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Atlas 5 team begins stacking most powerful variant for Navy launch
The mission poster. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Continuing a run of military satellite deployments this summer, United Launch Alliance has begun stacking the Atlas 5 rocket that will boost the Navy’s next mobile communications craft. The 15,000-pound Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 4 is scheduled for launch atop the most-powerful version of the…
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Preps begin for summer’s third planned military space launch
MUOS 4. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — Tucked inside a shipping crate aboard an Air Force C-5 transport aircraft, the Navy’s next mobile communications satellite has flown from California to Florida in preparation for liftoff this summer. The Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 4, built by Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, Calif., was shipped…