Tag: MUOS
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Boeing Wins $2 Billion Space Force Contract for Next MUOS Military Communications Satellites
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Boeing a $2 billion contract to develop the next generation of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellites as part of an effort to extend the operational life of the military’s narrowband satellite communications network. The contract supports Phase II of the MUOS Service Life Extension program and includes…
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Navy satellite claws its way to usable orbit after main engine failure
CAPE CANAVERAL — After four months of drama in space caused by a crippling failure of its main engine, a U.S. Navy’s mobile communications satellite has successfully rescued itself and achieved a usable orbit. The Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 5, launched from Cape Canaveral on June 24 atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas…
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Navy looks for Plan B to salvage its newest communications satellite
A rocketcam view of MUOS No. 5 separating from the Centaur upper stage. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The U.S. Navy has declared the primary orbit-raising system aboard its new MUOS No. 5 communications satellite failed, leaving controllers scrambling to design a rescue plan. The final Mobile User Objective System satellite was launched into a…
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Navy’s new MUOS 5 communications satellite experiences snag in space
MUOS 5 in the factory. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — Trouble has befallen the U.S. Navy’s new communications satellite that was launched from Cape Canaveral two weeks ago, suspending orbit raising maneuvers and leaving the craft half-way between its rocket deployment orbit and a circular geosynchronous orbit. The $340 million Mobile User Objective System…
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Friday’s Atlas 5 launch as seen from the air, land and rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL — Perspectives of Friday’s United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight were snapped from a commercial airliner, a satellite observer in Australia and the booster itself. I flew by a rocket taking off pic.twitter.com/VDqkVfPej8 — Ryan Kennedy (@Imagineer6) June 24, 2016 Passenger Ryan Kennedy had a window seat aboard the south-bound Southwest Airlines…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches MUOS 5
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully flies to orbit Friday to deliver the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System communications satellite. Photos by Patrick Corkery / Lockheed Martin Space Systems See earlier MUOS 5 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Navy satellite sails to orbit atop Atlas 5 rocket for communications grid
CAPE CANAVERAL — And then there were five. The constellation-building Atlas 5 rocket from United Launch Alliance successfully deployed the fifth communications spacecraft for the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System today to form a new rugged smartphone network for the U.S. military. “MUOS is a revolutionary system in its infancy,” said Navy Commander Peter Sheehy,…
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Photos: Atlas 5 fulfills MUOS launch series with fifth successful launch
Launching the U.S. Navy’s fifth MUOS mobile communications satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral today. Photos by Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now See earlier MUOS 5 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Most powerful Atlas 5 puts 15,000-pound satellite in orbit
With five side-mounted solid rocket boosters for added power, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully deployed the U.S. Navy’s fifth MUOS mobile communications satellite. Photos by United Launch Alliance See earlier MUOS 5 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad at sunset
The night before its planned flight coupled the photogenic United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and a gorgeous sunset at Cape Canaveral. Photos by United Launch Alliance See earlier MUOS 5 coverage. Our Atlas archive.