MUOS-5 remains stuck in transfer orbit
Submit on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 22:59
Evaluation of the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite determined that the satellite experienced a failure of the orbit raising propulsion system during a transfer manoeuvre on 29 June, a spokesman for the Naval Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command said. It is the second failure of a Lockheed-Martin-built military satellite within a few weeks.
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