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Navy’s Third MUOS Satellite Delivered Ahead Of January Launch

Tuesday, November 18th, 2014

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The Navy’s third satellite in Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program has delivered to Cape Canaveral, Fla. ahead of plans to launch the bird in January, prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said. MUOS is replacing the Ultra High Frequency Follow-On System constellation and is designed to offer 10 times greater communications capacity. It’s a next generation narrow-band tactical satellite communications system intended to improve beyond line-of-sight communications for mobile forces. Two MUOS satellites are already in orbit. United Launch…

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