Activities to raise AEHF-1, the Air Force’s first Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite, into its operational position are proceeding per plan, according to USAF space officials. “The satellite is safe, it continues to operate as planned, and it is expected to reach geosynchronous orbit in late summer 2011,” reads a release Thursday from Space and Missile Systems Center officials at Los Angeles AFB, Calif. Shortly after the satellite’s launch last August, an anomaly with one of its propulsion systems forced the Air Force to devise an alternate way to lift the satellite into its correct operational perch. This issue has delayed the satellite’s scheduled operational date. “Throughout the anomaly recovery, re-planning, and orbit raising operations, a government and contractor team has demonstrated incredible technical expertise and innovation to work around the anomaly and create the opportunity to achieve mission success of this critical national asset,” states the release.
US Has Struck Over 1,000 Houthi Targets in Renewed Campaign
April 30, 2025
U.S. forces have struck more than 1,000 Houthi targets in Yemen since March 15, U.S. officials said, as the Trump administration’s military campaign against the militants reached the 45-day mark. Dubbed Operation Rough Rider, the campaign has drawn on U.S. Navy and Air Force warplanes and drones. The campaign shows…