AEHF 1 Finally Reaches Orbit
The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) jam-proof communications satellite finally reached its proper orbit Oct. 24 after officials nearly lost the spacecraft due to an onboard engine failure last year. AEHF-1, worth more than $1 billion and built on Lockheed Martin’s A2100 satellite bus...
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