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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AEI HorizonX was established in 2017 as Boeing’s corporate venture capital arm.
The 702MP+ platform accommodates the largest commercial satellite solar arrays that Boeing-subsidiary Spectrolab has produced, along with batteries and supporting electronics that generate well over 30 kW of solar power.
Boeing delivered the 702MP+ satellite platform to Viasat for the ViaSat-3 Americas spacecraft.
Boeing modified the 702MP+ platform structure to support Viasat’s large payload.
Boeing designed and manufactured the 702MP+ platform and worked with Viasat to integrate the ViaSat-3 Americas payload.
Boeing delivered the 702MP+ satellite platform to Viasat on 2023-03-20 in El Segundo, California.
Boeing improved the 702MP+ platform structure to support Viasat’s large payload.
The 702MP+ platform accommodates the largest commercial satellite solar arrays ever produced by Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab along with batteries and supporting electronics that generate well over 30 kW of solar power.
Boeing’s 702MP+ is based on the flight-proven 702 vehicle design that hosts the U.S. Department of Defense’s Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) constellation and more than 40 other high-performing satellites, including ViaSat-2.
Boeing worked with Viasat to integrate the ViaSat-3 Americas payload.
By the time TSAT was canceled, the Air Force had launched three WGS satellites and Boeing was under contract to produce three more, including one funded by the Australian government under a 2007 agreement.
The 'G' in WGS originally stood for gapfiller and the Air Force awarded Boeing a contract to develop WGS in 2001 as an interim solution until TSAT.
Boeing acquired Millennium Space in 2018, a smallsat builder founded in 2001 in El Segundo, California.
The Space Systems Command stated that the new WGS-12 will be 'built to print,' meaning Boeing will build another copy using the existing design.
Boeing is the prime contractor for the WGS system and the Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement (MAJE) upgrade to the WGS fleet.
Boeing is developing a space-based PTW hub known as the Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype.
Boeing's PTES will provide PTW processing over Boeing-built WGS satellites and other transponder commercial satellites without spacecraft modification.
Boeing engineers demonstrated the company’s Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) over an on-orbit operational satellite.
The Boeing-developed Key Management System validated its ability to interface with the PTW ground user terminal and PTES’s end cryptographic unit.
Under a separate Space Force contract, Boeing is developing a jam-resistant satellite communications payload called the Protected Tactical Satcom Prototype (PTS-P) expected to launch in 2024 for an on-orbit demonstration.