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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Video streaming, online virtual reality gaming, and other low-latency capabilities were demonstrated on a Boeing B777-200LR that took off from Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Texas on 2022-05-27.
The test flight was conducted aboard a Boeing B777-200LR and took off from Fort Worth Alliance Airport (KAFW) in Texas on 2022-05-27 at 15:20 UTC and flew for just over one hour.
SES worked with Boeing to build O3b mPOWER satellites that are fully digitized and beam-forming.
Boeing completed the Orbital Flight Test-2 uncrewed test flight on 2022-05-25.
The original CCtCap awards to Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 provided each company with six operational post-certification missions.
If NASA is able to alternate missions between SpaceX and Boeing, Boeing’s current CCtCap contract would support missions launching through 2028.
NASA and Boeing landed the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft in the western United States desert to complete the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner landed at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico on 2022-05-25 after a six-day uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station.
Boeing took nearly $600,000,000 in charges to fix problems from the original OFT mission and the first OFT-2 launch attempt.
Boeing attempted to launch OFT-2 in August 2021 but postponed the launch because of propellant valve problems in the spacecraft’s service module.
Virgin Orbit is considering a LauncherTwo rocket mounted on top of the Boeing 747 fuselage that could offer three times the performance of LauncherOne.
Boeing and United Launch Alliance remain committed to launching future CST-100 Starliner commercial crew missions on Atlas 5 rockets even after Atlas 5 is effectively retired for other missions.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner docked with the International Space Station on 2022-05-20 at 8:28 p.m. Eastern.
Hatches between Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and the International Space Station were scheduled to open around 11:45 a.m. Eastern on 2022-05-21.
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket lifted off on 2022-05-19 at 6:54 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on Orbital Flight Test-2 to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Boeing took a $410,000,000 charge against its earnings in early 2020 to cover costs of addressing problems found during the original OFT and to perform a second test flight.
Boeing took an additional $185,000,000 charge in October 2021 for additional work needed to get OFT-2 launched.
The Atlas V configuration for the 2022-05-19 mission was modified specifically for the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner launched on Orbital Flight Test-2 at 6:54 p.m. EDT on Thursday, 2022-05-19, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner performed the planned orbital insertion burn 31 minutes into flight.