A rocket named Atlas 5 was launched containing a communication satellite named Advanced Extremely High Frequency(AEHF-6) on Thursday at 4:18 pm. But during the launch time it got delayed by 80 minutes due to some technical issues. After the issue was solved the rocket was launched safely. This space force was introduced by the President of USA, Donald Trump. The US government spend $738 billion for this project. And it is the world first Space force project.
The main agenda behind this is to make a warfare in space. The launching was announced in December 2019. But despite of the COVID-19 Pandemic it has been launched for certain reasons.
Advanced Extremely High Frequency(AEHF-6) is built by Lockheed Martin. It is one of the well known Aircraft production company. Its the last satellite launched. The other 5 satellites were launched between 2010 to 2019. AEHF-6 will head towards the orbit of Earth around 36,000 Kilometers above Earth surface.
Lieutenant General John F Thompson, had explained the reason of why the satellite was launched during the COVID-19 period. He is the commander of the Space Force. He explained the reason of why they launched the satellite. He said that this satellite had cost $1.4 billion. And it is launched so that it can be used for gathering most critical details about our planet so that we can fight against COVID-19. This satellite will also be used for collecting information of survivable communication information for National Leaders and for tactical War fighters operating across ground, sea and air platforms.
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