Lift-Off! Warfighter Communication Satellite Launches For Navy

Friday, February 24, 2012 - 18:00 in Astronomy & Space

An Atlas V rocket launched the MUOS-1 satellite on February 24, 2012. The satellite is the first of a quartet of bent pipe birds that will upgrade and replace an aging network of defense satellites.

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