The US Air Force launched an advanced communications satellite Friday, the second in a new fleet of spacecraft that should improve American and allied military commanders' ability to control their forces around the globe, according to Space.com.The $1.7 billion Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, riding toward a preliminary orbit aboard an Atlas 5 rocket. The spacecraft will work its way toward its final geosynchronous orbit, about 35,888 kilometers up, over the next three months or so, officials have said. Tags: US, satellite, space, News, World, Sci-Tech, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia.
US launches advanced telecoms sat
The US Air Force launched an advanced communications satellite Friday, the second in a new fleet of spacecraft that should improve American and allied military commanders' ability to control their forces around the globe, according to Space.com.The $1.7 billion Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, riding toward a preliminary orbit aboard an Atlas 5 rocket. The spacecraft will work its way toward its final geosynchronous orbit, about 35,888 kilometers up, over the next three months or so, officials have said. Tags: US, satellite, space, News, World, Sci-Tech, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia.