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WGS 10

completedLaunch 2019-014
Launched 3/16/2019HEOService CGSat GTO D
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
WGS SV-10
active
Communications
GEO
Wideband Global SATCOM
Launch Details
Launch Date
3/16/2019
Launch ID
2019-014
Launch Profile
Sat GTO D
Service Type
CG
Customer Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Launch Vehicle
Delta 4M+(5,4) A
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Constellations
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Communications 1
Track
Mentions
15
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

The $600,000,000 appropriated by Congress allowed Space Systems Command to procure a satellite vehicle that roughly doubles the capacity of the earlier WGS-10.

FinancialRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Feb 22, 2022U.S. and international partners to share launch cost of new communications satellite

WGS-10 launched on 2019-03-15 on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.5Dec 26, 2019Boeing to deliver WGS-11 communications satellite to U.S. Air Force by 2024

The Air Force’s WGS-10 satellite was launched aboard a Delta IV Medium in March 2019.

PlanValue 4.0Dec 5, 2019Air Force projects increased launch activity for 2020

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced the acceptance of WGS-10 on 2019-11-26.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Nov 26, 2019WGS-10 communications satellite accepted into operational constellation

WGS-10 was launched on 2019-03-15 atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket.

PlanValue 4.5Nov 26, 2019WGS-10 communications satellite accepted into operational constellation

WGS-10 is being tested on orbit and is expected to enter service in October 2020, at which point all 10 WGS satellites will be in service if they remain mission capable.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 20, 2019Air Force reviewing Boeing’s bid for WGS-11, projects satellite could be ready in five years

The WGS-10 vehicle launched on 2019-03-15 and was intended to be the last satellite of the constellation.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 20, 2019Air Force reviewing Boeing’s bid for WGS-11, projects satellite could be ready in five years

The Air Force reached an undefinitized contract action with Boeing calling for WGS-11 to have double the bandwidth and power of WGS-10 under a $605,000,000 deal.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanFinancialValue 5.0May 6, 2019

WGS-10 cost $424,000,000 and launched on 2019-03-15.

FinancialPlanCapabilityValue 4.2May 6, 2019Satcom conumdrum: Air Force contemplating right mix of commercial, military satellites

WGS-10, which launched on 2019-03-15, was intended to be the last satellite of the current WGS procurement.

PlanValue 4.0Apr 19, 2019Boeing receives $605 million Air Force contract for WGS-11 communications satellite

WGS-10 reached a low-Earth parking orbit before moving to a high geosynchronous transfer orbit.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 15, 2019Air Force launches WGS-10 communications satellite

The U.S. Air Force’s 10th Wideband Global Satcom communications satellite (WGS-10) launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at 8:26 PM EST from Space Launch Complex-37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 15, 2019Air Force launches WGS-10 communications satellite

WGS-10 is expected to take four months to reach its intended location in geosynchronous Earth orbit for testing.

PlanValue 3.6Mar 15, 2019Air Force launches WGS-10 communications satellite

The Air Force 45th Space Wing will support the WGS-10 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Mar 7, 2019Air Force prepares to launch WGS-10 as negotiations with Boeing continue over future satellites

United Launch Alliance rescheduled the WGS-10 launch to Friday, 2019-03-15.

PlanValue 4.0Mar 7, 2019Air Force prepares to launch WGS-10 as negotiations with Boeing continue over future satellites
Satcom conumdrum: Air Force contemplating right mix of commercial, military satellites