The brightest satellite visible in Brevard tonight will be the UFO 2 rocket body. To avoid writing phrases like 17 seconds past 8:52 p.m., I’ll write 20:52:17 instead. This is the same time, but written in a compact form using 24-hour time and accurate to the second.There are three UFO satellites which support the Navy’s global communications network. They serve ships at sea with communications for compatible ground- and sea-based terminals already in service. The unusual name of “UFO” derives from “UHF Follow-On” satellites because they replaced the Fleet Satellite Communications FLTSATCOM satellites operating in the ultra-high frequency band of the radio spectrum.

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