Amid Pandemic, ULA Delivers Final AEHF Satellite Into Orbit

Lee Hudson Irene Klotz April 01, 2020
Atlas V
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V lifted off with the AEHF-6 satellite from Cape Canaveral on March 26.
Credit: ULA
While thousands of U.S. companies and agencies shut down to help stem the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, and United Launch Alliance launched the sixth and final member of a satellite constellation that is designed to provide secure, jam-proof...
Lee Hudson
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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