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July 13, 2016

MUOS-5 Transfer Maneuver Temporarily Halted, Parked In Safe Orbit
San Diego NNS CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2016
The fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite, which successfully launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 on June 24, was projected to reach its geosynchronous orbit and enter its test location 22,000 miles above Hawaii by July 3. The satellite experienced an anomaly that required the transfer maneuver to be temporarily halted. The Navy's Program Executive Office for Space Systems has reconfigured the satellite from orbital transfer into a stabilized, safe intermediate orbit to a ... read more

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