
The Navy has accepted the third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-3) communications satellite following successful completion of on-orbit testing, according to prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT].MUOS-3, launched Jan. 20, is now being relocated to its on-orbit operational slot in preparation for operational acceptance now that on-orbit testing is complete, the company said in a statement. MUOS works like a smartphone network in space, vastly improving secure satellite communications (SATCOM) for mobile United States forces, according to the Navy, which didn’t…