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USA-214, known before launch as Advanced Extremely High Frequency 1 or AEHF SV-1, is a military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force. It is the first of four spacecraft to be launched as part of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency program, which will replace the earlier Milstar system
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The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite was launched on August 14th 2010 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.



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GAO: Blocked fuel line hampered military satellite

A small piece of cloth stuck in a fuel line may be the reason a military communications satellite hasn't reached its planned orbit since it was launched in August, government auditors said Thursday.
The Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite is still expected to reach its intended altitude, but not until October, nearly a year late. The Air Force Space Command, based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and the contractor, Lockheed Martin Corp., devised a work-around plan to get the satellite to its intended altitude.
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Atlas V rocket launches the first AEHF sattelite for the USAF. Launch took place on August 14th 2010 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) System is a joint service satellite communications system that will provide survivable, global, secure, protected, and jam-resistant communications for high-priority military ground, sea and air assets.



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Air Force launches 1st Advanced Satellite

The 45th Space Wing successfully launched the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite onboard an Atlas V launch vehicle here today from launch pad 41 at 7:07 a.m.
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An Atlas V rocket that went through final checkout at Decatur's United Launch Alliance plant launched successfully from Cape Canaveral, Fla., this morning.
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The ULA Atlas 5 rocket (AV-019) and AEHF 1 satellite was successfully launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, at 11:07 GMT, 14th August, 2010.
Spacecraft separation was at 11:58 GMT.

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The ULA Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to launch the U.S. military Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, between 11:14-13:13  GMT, 12th August, 2010.
The AEHF 1 will be deployed into a geosynchronous orbit and relay secure tactical military communications.

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