Harris Corporation Unfurlable Mesh Reflectors Successfully Deploy on Fifth US Navy Mobile User Objective System Satellite
November 08 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Highlights:
- Reflectors are part of Lockheed
Martin-built secure communications satellite launched June 24
- Delivers highest surface accuracy
design in the industry
- Provides increased satellite
performance
Two Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) unfurlable mesh antenna
reflectors successfully deployed October 30 on orbit onboard the
U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) satellite.
MUOS-5, an advanced, new secure communications satellite built by
Lockheed Martin, launched on June 24 from Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station.
MUOS-5 is the latest satellite to join the MUOS satellite
constellation, which operates like a global military cellular
network in the sky, vastly improving current secure communications
for mobile forces. Unlike previous systems, MUOS provides users an
on-demand capability to transmit and receive high-quality,
prioritized voice and mission data on a high-speed IP-based system
beyond-line-of-sight, nearly anywhere around the world. This
includes connecting into the Global Information Grid, as well as
the Defense Switched Network. Once fully operational, MUOS will be
compatible with and provide 16-times the capacity of the legacy UHF
satellite system.
The antennas are the ninth and tenth Harris-built reflectors for
the MUOS constellation. Harris provides two antennas onboard each
satellite – a 14-meter diameter antenna to support new MUOS
capabilities and a 5.4-meter diameter antenna to support legacy
operations.
Harris has delivered more than 30,000 MUOS-capable AN/PRC-117G
tactical radios which will be able to deliver the enhanced
capability to warfighters with a software upgrade, diplexer
and an antenna kit. This innovative and quickly-deployable
solution is significantly more cost and time-efficient
than procuring new radios.
With more than 80 reflectors in orbit and 40 years of experience
designing and building space-borne antennas for government and
commercial applications, Harris Corporation is the leading global
supplier of unfurlable mesh reflectors and steerable and phased
array antennas. With frequencies from UHF to Ka-band and beyond,
Harris reflectors range in size from five meters to 22 meters, the
world's largest commercially available space antenna.
About Harris Corporation
Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving
customers’ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing
solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports
customers in more than 100 countries and has approximately $7.5
billion in annual revenue and 21,000 employees worldwide. The
company is organized into four business segments: Communication
Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems, Electronic Systems and
Critical Networks. Learn more at harris.com.
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Space and Intelligence SystemsIrene Lockwood,
585-269-5517 or 585-465-3592
(Mobile)Irene.lockwood@harris.comorHarris CorporationJim
Burke, 321-727-9131jim.burke@harris.com
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