MUOS-5

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MUOS-5
Launch of MUOS-5
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorUS Navy
COSPAR ID2016-041A
Mission duration15 years
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeLM-2100
ManufacturerLockheed Martin
Launch mass6740 Kg
Dry mass3812 Kg
Start of mission
Launch date24 June 2025 14:30:00 UTC
RocketAtlas V 551 (AV-063)
Launch siteCape Canaveral, SLC-41
ContractorUnited Launch Alliance
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeGeosynchronous orbit
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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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Overview

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Artistic Representation of MUOS Satellite

Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) is a tatical Communications satellite which is designed to improve Ground Communications for the US Armed Force[9][10]

MUOS-5 arrived at Cape Canaveral on 9 March 2016.[11] 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.[12] The launch took place on 24 June 2016, at 14:30:00 UTC.[13] 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.[14][15] Amateur observers tracked it in an orbit of approximately 15,240 × 35,700 km (9,470 × 22,180 mi) since 3 July 2016.[16] On 3 November 2016, the Navy announced that the satellite has finally reached operational orbit.

See also

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