MUOS-5
US Navy Comsat satellite
MUOS-5 is an American communications satellite which is operated by the US Navy. Launched in September 2016, it is the fifth and last MUOS satellite.
01Overview
Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) is a tatical Communications satellite which is designed to improve Ground Communications for the US Armed Force
MUOS-5 arrived at Cape Canaveral on 9 March 2016. Launch was originally scheduled for on 5 May 2016, but due to an internal investigation into an Atlas V fuel system problem during the Cygnus OA-6 launch on 22 March 2016, the scheduled date was pushed back. The launch took place on 24 June 2016, at 14:30:00 UTC. An "anomaly" aboard the satellite occurred a few days later, however, when it was still in a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), leaving it "Reconfigured into Safe Intermediate Orbit", or stranded in GTO. Amateur observers tracked it in an orbit of approximately 15,240 × 35,700 km (9,470 × 22,180 mi) since 3 July 2016. On 3 November 2016, the Navy announced that the satellite has finally reached operational orbit.
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- 45th SW supports successful Atlas V MUOS-5 launch (2687372).jpeg by U.S. Space Force image by [null Courtesy], Public domain
- MUOS new.jpg by US Navy, Public domain
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