The satellite reconfiguration was accomplished in conjunction with U.S. Strategic Command, the Navy's Program Executive Office — Space Systems, and the Naval Satellite Operations Command. Boeing received the UFO contract in July of 1988. By November 1999, all options had been exercised and the company began production of UFO-11. The spacecraft features both ultra high-frequency and extremely high-frequency payloads, which provide protected communications. Boeing UFO satellites have provided the Navy with a total of more than 100 years of service to date.
Satnews Daily
January 7th, 2009
UFO Gets More To Use, Thanks To Boeing
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully reconfigured an on-orbit U.S. Navy satellite, adding 30 percent more communications capability.
The satellite, the 11th in the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) series built by Boeing, was launched in 2003 and supports the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals. UFO-11 has the most sophisticated digital signal processor in the constellation. Its ability to reprogram existing user channels allowed Boeing to exploit small, unused portions of the allocated radio frequency spectrum to add 10 channels, for a total of 54.
The satellite reconfiguration was accomplished in conjunction with U.S. Strategic Command, the Navy's Program Executive Office — Space Systems, and the Naval Satellite Operations Command. Boeing received the UFO contract in July of 1988. By November 1999, all options had been exercised and the company began production of UFO-11. The spacecraft features both ultra high-frequency and extremely high-frequency payloads, which provide protected communications. Boeing UFO satellites have provided the Navy with a total of more than 100 years of service to date.
The satellite reconfiguration was accomplished in conjunction with U.S. Strategic Command, the Navy's Program Executive Office — Space Systems, and the Naval Satellite Operations Command. Boeing received the UFO contract in July of 1988. By November 1999, all options had been exercised and the company began production of UFO-11. The spacecraft features both ultra high-frequency and extremely high-frequency payloads, which provide protected communications. Boeing UFO satellites have provided the Navy with a total of more than 100 years of service to date.