Under Control: Lockheed Martin-Built MUOS-5 Secure Communications Satellite Responding To Commands

Constellation complete! Following successful launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, the U.S. Navy's fifth MUOS satellite is in transfer orbit & responding to commands. This satellite is the latest addition to a new, advanced network of four already orbiting satellites and four relay ground stations, which will revolutionize secure, narrowband, ultra-high frequency (UHF) communications—providing near-global coverage for mobile military forces. Congrats, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), 45th Space Wing and team!

MUOS-5 completes the U.S. Navy’s satellite constellation that will provide a new global military cellular network offering enhanced communications capabilities for…

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