MUOS, or Mobile User Objective System, works like a smartphone network from space, vastly improving secure satellite communications for mobile U.S. forces. MUOS provides users a global, on-demand, beyond-line-of-sight capability to transmit and receive high-quality voice and mission data on a high-speed Internet Protocol-based system.
The system is more than just a five-satellite constellation. It additionally comprises: four ground stations around the globe; complex software to manage the network and a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access waveform that serves as an interface for end-user radios.
MUOS-3 Timeline
Dec. 30, 2014: Navy Prepares for Jan. 20 Communications Satellite Launch (Navy News Service)
The third MUOS satellite is encapsulated into its payload fairing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. MUOS-3 is scheduled to launch Jan. 20.
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