U.S. Air Force Launches 1st AEHF Communications Sat

摘要

The U.S. Air Force on Aug. 14 successfully launched the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications satellite aboard an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the service announced Aug. 14.rnThe AEHF satellites, being built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., will replace the current generation Milstar satellites for handling the U.S. military's most critical satellite communications traffic, including nuclear command and control.