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MUOS-4 Navy Communications Satellite Successfully Launched

Thursday, September 17th, 2015

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The Air Force and Navy successfully launched the Navy’s fourth in a new constellation of satellites designed for beyond-the-line-of-sight communications, the Air Force said Sept. 2.The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41 on the morning of Sept. 2 at 6:18 a.m. aboard an Atlas V rocket. MUOS-4 joins three other satellites in space that are already operational. Lockheed Martin [LMT], the satellite builder, is under contract to provide a total of…

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