
The Navy and launch partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) have readied for Friday’s potential 8:48 a.m. EST launch of the sea service’s second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite, according to ULA. Launch is scheduled to take place on one of ULA’s heavy lift Atlas V rockets at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The 44-minute launch window will begin at 8:48 a.m. ULA said in a statement Thursday the forecast for Friday’s launch window was a 40 percent…