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  • ULA's Delta IV Rocket Sends 8th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Delta IV Rocket Sends 8th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Orbit

    The Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 8 satellite launched aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Delta IV rocket Wednesday to support global military communications. WGS-8 is equipped with a digital payload technology designed to offer almost twice as much bandwidth capacity as previous WGS satellites, Boeing said Wednesday. ULA said the satellite lifted off Wednesday from Space Launch Complex-37 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at […] More

  • Army Activates 1st Boeing WGS Satellite for Cross-Band Satellite Communications Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Activates 1st Boeing WGS Satellite for Cross-Band Satellite Communications Services

    The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command activated the first satellite of the Boeing-built Wideband Global Satellite constellation six months after it completed a series of tests, the Army reported Thursday. WGS-1 is the first block I satellite of the WGS constellation that works to provide two-way Ka– and X-band communications services for combatant commanders […] More

  • US Air Force Launches Boeing-Built WGS-7 Satellite Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Air Force Launches Boeing-Built WGS-7 Satellite Into Orbit

    The U.S. Air Force has launched a Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 7 military communications satellite into space. Boeing said Thursday the satellite onboard a United Launch Alliance-made Delta IV rocket lifted off from a launch complex at Florida-based Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Wednesday. The company said the WGS-7 satellite has a digital payload component designed to improve […] More