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Navy’s Third MUOS Satellite Delivered Ahead Of January Launch

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Monday, November 10th, 2014

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Navy’s Third MUOS Satellite Delivered Ahead Of January Launch

MUOS-3 preparing to ship. Photo: Lockheed Martin

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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