Mobile User Objective System – Page 4

Photos: Navy satellite wrapped up in Atlas rocket nose cone

August 17, 2015 Justin Ray

This photo gallery shows the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket’s payload fairing for the planned Aug. 31 liftoff.

Attention social media users: See an Atlas 5 launch up close!

August 13, 2015 Justin Ray

United Launch Alliance is giving members of the public a behind-the-scenes look during one of its Atlas 5 rocket flights from Cape Canaveral.

Atlas 5 team begins stacking most powerful variant for Navy launch

July 31, 2015 Justin Ray

Continuing a run of military satellite deployments this summer, United Launch Alliance has begun stacking the Atlas 5 rocket that will boost the Navy’s next mobile communications craft.

Preps begin for summer’s third planned military space launch

June 29, 2015 Justin Ray

Tucked inside a shipping crate aboard an Air Force C-5 transport aircraft, the Navy’s next mobile communications satellite has flown from California to Florida in preparation for liftoff this summer.