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US Air Force Launches Boeing-Built WGS-7 Satellite Into Orbit

US Air Force Launches Boeing-Built WGS-7 Satellite Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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WidebandGlobalThe 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 delivery of bandwidth communication services to U.S. military and allied forces.

Boeing will deliver three more WGS satellites to the service branch and expects to launch WGS-8 later next year.

Aerojet Rocketdyne provided the propulsion systems designed to provide the thrust necessary for the rocket to take off and carry out orbit insertion for the satellite.

Orbital ATK equipped the WGS-7 satellite with thermal control hardware and provided the Graphite Epoxy Motors 60 intended to boost the rocket off the pad.

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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