Orbital Sciences has launched US Navy’s Tactical Satellite-4 (TacSat-4) into Earth orbit aboard its Minotaur IV space launch vehicle from Kodiak launch complex in Alaska, US.
TacSat-4 will provide ten ultra-high-frequency channels and allow forward-deployed troops to communicate from obscured regions using existing hand-held radios without the need to stop and point an antenna towards the satellite.
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The satellite is an experimental spacecraft that will test advances in satellite communications and the use of special orbits to augment current communication satellites.
Minotaur IV is a four-stage space launch vehicle that uses flight-proven propulsion, avionics and other subsystems.
The TacSat-4 launch was the fifth Minotaur IV flight and the 23rd overall mission for the Minotaur product line over the last 11 years, all of which have been successful.
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