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.
WGS-10 launched on 2019-03-15 on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket.
The Air Force’s WGS-10 satellite was launched aboard a Delta IV Medium in March 2019.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced the acceptance of WGS-10 on 2019-11-26.
WGS-10 was launched on 2019-03-15 atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket.
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.
The WGS-10 vehicle launched on 2019-03-15 and was intended to be the last satellite of the constellation.
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.
WGS-10 cost $424,000,000 and launched on 2019-03-15.
WGS-10, which launched on 2019-03-15, was intended to be the last satellite of the current WGS procurement.
WGS-10 reached a low-Earth parking orbit before moving to a high geosynchronous transfer orbit.
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.
WGS-10 is expected to take four months to reach its intended location in geosynchronous Earth orbit for testing.
The Air Force 45th Space Wing will support the WGS-10 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37.
United Launch Alliance rescheduled the WGS-10 launch to Friday, 2019-03-15.