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Navy Hopes To Use MUOS-5 Satellite Despite Propulsion Woes

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

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Navy Hopes To Use MUOS-5 Satellite Despite Propulsion Woes

Artist's rendering of a Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

A U.S. Navy official expressed optimism Nov. 2 that the service will ultimately be able to use the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) communications satellite, which experienced a glitch in its orbit-raising propulsion system in June.The satellite will not reach its intended final place in space, but it has achieved a “roughly” geosynchronous orbit where it is expected to provide at least some “operational utility,” said Rear Adm. Christian “Boris” Becker, program executive officer for command, control, communications, computers…

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