LaunchesUHF F/O F4
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UHF F/O F4
Atlas II · Communications
1995Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
The U.S. Navy began replacing and upgrading its ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications network during the 1990s with a constellation of customized satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company. Known as the UFO (Ultra High Frequency Follow On) series, these HS-601 model satellites support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas II
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2