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UHF F/O F8
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 16 Mar 1998, 09:32 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas II (Atlas)
Provider: Lockheed Martin
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
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.