MUOS-4, the final satellite in the Mobile User Objective System array, was launched early Wednesday after a two-day delay from tropical storm conditions. Three hours after its ascent, operators on the ...

The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) is a tactical military satellite communications (SATCOM) system with push-to-talk, cell phone-like capabilities for deployed warfighters. MUOS is the ...

The fifth satellite of the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) at Lockheed Martin’s Sunnyvale, California satellite manufacturing facility in January 2016. Lockheed Martin photo.

The MUOS-4 satellite launched at 6:18 a.m. EDT this morning aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, according to a Lockheed Martin statement. A ...

Marines at a Field User Evaluation in Camp Pendleton, California tested out the MUOS satellite communications system. (Eddie Young/Marine Corps) U.S. Strategic Command has approved the Navy’s new ...

The ground portion handles the transport, network management, satellite control and associated infrastructure to fly the birds and manage users’ communications, according to the Navy. Once the second ...

The US Navy has accepted the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin following the successful completion of on-orbit testing.. The satellite was launched on 2 ...

The U.S. military's MUOS-3 tactical communications satellite is enshrouded in a nose cone fairing in preparation for its launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Jan. 20, 2015.

ULA is set to launch the MUOS-3 satellite tonight. Photo Credit: Megan Smith/FQTQ. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance is set to launch their first mission of the year, flying the most ...

A heavyweight Navy communications satellite was boosted into space by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket Friday, the second in a series of five relay stations that will act like orbital cell ...

The U.S. Navy's Fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite, MUOS-5, is now in Florida in preparation for launch in May.

MUOS-4 encapsulated in its protective launch vehicle fairing for its Aug. 31, 2015 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. United Launch Alliance Photo The Navy’s fourth satellite of its ...