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Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly on Fifth MUOS Satellite, Begins Testing

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 17th, 2014

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] assembled its fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite faster than the previous four builds, getting the satellite into early testing 20 percent ahead of schedule, the company said on Jan.13. Lockheed Martin Space Systems technicians integrated the system module and core to the multi-beam assembly, which contains the 16 ultra-high frequency (UHF) antennas, and the satellite is now in the early stages of system testing, where individual parts of the payload and space vehicle will be tested to…

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