The 45th Space Wing successfully launched the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V vehicle here today from launch pad 41 at 2:42 p.m. AEHF-1 was launched from here in August of 2010. The rocket flew in the 531 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, three solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Read more
A ULA Atlas-V rocket (AV-031) is scheduled to launch the Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 satellite, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the 3rd May, 2012.
Second Advanced Military Communications Satellite Completes Major Environmental Test... Lockheed Martin has successfully completed acoustic testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite. The Advanced EHF system will provide survivable, highly secure, protected, global communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. Department of Defence.