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Lockheed-Built MUOS-4 Satellite Launches, Transmits Initial Signals to Navy; Iris Bombelyn Comments

Lockheed-Built MUOS-4 Satellite Launches, Transmits Initial Signals to Navy; Iris Bombelyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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MUOS-4 satellite launchThe U.S. Navy received initial signals from its new Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellite three hours after it launched Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Navy reported.

MUOS-4 was scheduled to launch Monday but was postponed due to a tropical storm.

Lockheed said MUOS-4 lifted off onboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket to join the other three satellites as part of the Navy’s communications satellite constellation.

The constellation works to provide video, data and voice capabilities for mobile military personnel via an Internet protocol-based platform.

“We look forward to completing our on-orbit health checks and delivering this important asset to the U.S. Navy and these new capabilities to our mobile forces,” said Iris Bombelyn, vice president of narrowband communications at Lockheed.

The Navy expects the fourth satellite to arrive at its geosynchronous orbit destination in the next few days in order to initiate the on-orbit testing phase.

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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