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MUOS-4 Encapsulates Prior to Launch

On August 10, 2015, MUOS-4, the next satellite scheduled to join the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) secure communications network, was encapsulated in its protective launch vehicle fairing at Astrotech Space Operations for its August 31 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (photos courtesy of United Launch Alliance). Read more about encapsulation:

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Uploaded on August 26, 2015
Taken on August 10, 2015