Boeing is a major American aerospace company that operates in the space industry through its Defense, Space & Security division. It designs, manufactures, and sells space systems, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets, for both commercial and military applications. Boeing is a key partner with NASA, contributing to programs like the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the development of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for crewed missions to low Earth orbit.
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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on 2024-06-06 at 1:34 p.m. Eastern.
The 2024-06-05 Atlas V launch of Boeing’s Starliner extends the Atlas family legacy that includes launching U.S. astronaut John Glenn aboard an Atlas LV-3B from Cape Canaveral in 1962.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams aboard the Boeing CST-100 Starliner lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2024-06-05 at 10:52 a.m. EDT.
The Atlas V rocket safely delivered the Boeing Starliner and its crew to a 98-nautical-mile sub-orbital trajectory following launch.
Boeing received a $4,200,000,000 fixed-price contract in September 2014 to complete development of Starliner and fly six operational missions to ferry crews to and from the International Space Station.
SpaceX received a $2,600,000,000 contract at the same time as Boeing and launched its first crewed Crew Dragon mission, Demo-2, in May 2020.
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
Boeing and NASA announced they had resolved previous issues such as faulty software and corroded valves prior to the Crew Flight Test.
NASA officials received a briefing from Blue Origin about the New Shepard parachute issue during a 2025-05-31 briefing about the upcoming Boeing CST-100 Starliner crewed test flight.
The parachutes on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner use a similar cutter to the one used on New Shepard.
The Atlas V launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on its Crew Flight Test mission was scrubbed 2024-06-01 and delayed by at least four days.
SES is working with Safran Passenger Innovations to offer SES Open Orbits™ on Boeing aircraft through the Boeing TSA process.
Boeing’s PTS-R prototype payload will be hosted on the WGS-11 Wideband Global Satcom satellite that Boeing is producing under a separate military contract.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman won contracts in 2020 to develop PTS-R prototype payloads for on-orbit demonstrations planned for fiscal year 2025.
In November 2023, Delta Air Lines selected Hughes to power passenger Wi‑Fi service on more than 400 Boeing 717 and regional jets serving North America.
Intelsat has been selected by Japan Airlines to provide multi-orbit inflight connectivity service on more than 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to be delivered in the coming years.
The first Boeing 737 with factory-installed Intelsat ESA inflight service is expected to be delivered in 2026.
Japan Airlines operates Boeing 737 and 767 aircraft flying with Intelsat’s 2Ku service.
Intelsat was selected by Japan Airlines to provide multi-orbit inflight connectivity service on more than 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to be delivered in the coming years.
ViaSat-3 F1 is the first of three one-terabit-per-second spacecraft to be provided by Boeing and is on track to begin commercial service in mid-2024 with less than 10% of its capacity following an antenna deployment failure.