New communications satellite will provide mobile users secured communications
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The American Navy and Lockheed Martin provided the second MUOS (Mobile User Objective System) to the Air Force launch station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where the satellite will be prepared to the planned launching in July 2013, by an Atlas-5 launch rocket.
The new generation system improves considerably the existing mobile secured communications. It connects, for the first time, mobile users to an advanced voice and data communication system, providing high data rates, similar to those experienced by a commercial smart phone user. The full constellation of four space ships and orbit backup will provide global coverage of voice, video and data – with the capability of operational prioritization.
“Delivery of the second satellite practically opens the process of system testing and sending of the satellite to an orbit around earth”, said Iris Bombelyn, vice president for narrowband communications in Lockheed Martin. “The MUOS-2 will add a military communication satellite in orbit and will help to respond to the large demand. The first satellite has functioned exceptionally well, and provided old generation calls with all the capacity that was expected of it. In fact, we have presented recently mobile data transfer and calls using our advanced system.”
At present, the MUOS-2 satellite was transferred safely from the Lockheed Martin facilities in Sunnyvale, California, after having been loaded on a C-5 airplane and transferred successfully to the Air Force station in Cape Canaveral.
Prior to launching, the engineers will complete a test to ensure that nothing was impaired in the satellite transfer process, will refuel the satellite propulsion system and will locate it in the payload compartment of the Atlas-5 rocket, for a final integrated test and preparations for launching.
The MUOS-1 Satellite provides good quality voice communication since it stated operating in 2012.
Recently, an advanced communication system using the advanced Wideband Code Division Multiple Access ( WCDMA) technology showed excellent performance since the beginning of use of end terminals with this wave shape, developed by General Dynamics and supplied to Lockheed Martin earlier this year. There are more than 20,000 existing terminals using this advanced system that can operate based on the legacy system with the MUOS-1 satellite. When MUOS-2 will be declared operational and the ground stations and end user terminals will be approved for use, the full package of MUOS-2 features will be available to users.
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