The Navy recently identified an anomaly in the fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite and determined the Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft experienced a propulsion system failure during a transfer maneuver in late June. On June 29, the MUOS-5 experienced a failure during a transfer maneuver that was designed to take the satellite from its initial elliptical launch orbit to its final circular geosynchronous orbit, Space and Naval Systems Command spokesman Steven Davis wrote in an Aug. 2 statement. "This anomaly resulted...
