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 officials were evaluating options to launch OFT-2 sometime in the first half of 2022.
Neither NASA nor Boeing provided an update after mid-October 2021 on progress addressing valve corrosion problems that scrubbed an OFT-2 launch attempt in early August 2021.
Boeing has not yet flown a crewed CST-100 Starliner mission as of the 2021-12-03 notice.
Both LIFE and Dream Chaser are part of Orbital Reef, the commercial space station concept announced 2021-10-25 by a team that includes Sierra Space, Blue Origin, Boeing, and Redwire.
Boeing received FCC approval on 2021-11-03 for a constellation of 147 non-geostationary broadband satellites.
SES plans to start launching 11 mPOWER MEO satellites made by Boeing beginning in 2022 and deploy the 11 mPOWER satellites by 2025.
The FCC approved Boeing's 147-satellite V-band proposal on 2021-11-03 nearly five years after Boeing filed its proposal.
The FCC approval for Boeing's V-band proposal included a deployment schedule requiring six years to deploy half the 147-satellite constellation and nine years to deploy the entire fleet.
Boeing has made an investment in Virgin Orbit.
Boeing has nine years to deploy the remainder of its planned NGSO constellation under FCC rules.
In 2019, SpaceX raised concerns that Boeing’s proposed constellation could create harmful interference with other megaconstellations.
Boeing’s plan involves launching 132 satellites to low Earth orbit at an altitude of 1,56 km.
The remainder of Boeing’s planned constellation will be placed between 27,355 and 44,221 km to provide global services to residential, commercial, institutional, governmental, and enterprise customers.
The FCC dismissed Boeing’s request to operate inter-satellite links in Ka-band and other parts of the V-band due to concerns raised during the application process.
Boeing acquired small satellite specialist Millennium Space Systems in 2018.
Boeing has six years to launch half of its planned NGSO satellites to comply with FCC regulatory rules.
The Federal Communications Commission has approved Boeing’s application to develop and operate 147 non-geostationary (NGSO) broadband satellites.
Following its NYSE debut in September, Redwire announced plans to partner with Blue Origin, Sierra Space, and Boeing to develop a commercial space station outfitted with Redwire’s advanced manufacturing capabilities.
Boeing previously took a $410,000,000 charge in January 2020 to cover costs anticipated to complete a second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test after software problems truncated the original OFT mission in December 2019.
Boeing is working toward opportunities for the second Orbital Flight Test launch in 2022 pending hardware readiness, the rocket manifest, and space station availability.