MUOS-5 Transfer Maneuver Temporarily Halted, Parked In Safe Orbit

MUOS-5 Transfer Maneuver Temporarily Halted, Parked In Safe Orbit San Diego NNS CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2016 - The fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite, which successfully launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 on June 24, was projected to reach its geosynchronous orbit and enter its test location 22,000 miles above Hawaii by July 3. The satellite experienced an anomaly that required the transfer maneuver to be temporarily halted. The Navy's Program Executive Office for Spac ... more

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