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 and AeroEquity Industrial Partners (AEI) formed a strategic partnership to establish an independent and expanded venture capital group called AEI HorizonX.
Boeing launched HorizonX in 2017 to invest in and connect with early-stage companies specializing in transformative aerospace technologies.
NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 mission to the International Space Station.
The uncrewed OFT-2 mission will provide data toward NASA certifying Boeing’s crew transportation system for regular flights to and from the International Space Station.
Boeing postponed the Starliner launch about three hours before the scheduled 1:20 p.m. Eastern liftoff on 2021-08-03.
The Ka2517 is DO-160-approved and currently in full production with multiple Supplemental Type Certificates awarded for both Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Bill Nelson spoke at a press conference at Kennedy Space Center on 2021-07-29 about the upcoming uncrewed second test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
NASA postponed the 2021-07-30 launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) because the investigation into Nauka’s unplanned thruster firing was still ongoing.
Horizons 3e is a Boeing-built C- and Ku-band satellite.
United Launch Alliance will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission.
NASA completed an organization safety assessment of Boeing and recommended that the company implement recommendations from that review before the first crewed Starliner flight.
The Atlas V rocket will deliver Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to a 98 nautical mile sub-orbital trajectory.
The Atlas V launch of Boeing’s Starliner on OFT-2 is planned for 2021-07-30 at 2:53 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
NASA and Boeing plan a second test flight of the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle on 2021-07-30.
NASA approved plans on 2021-07-22 for the launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on a second uncrewed test flight intended to demonstrate that Boeing corrected the problems from the first flight.
Accion Systems raised an $11,000,000 Series B round in 2020 co-led by Boeing HorizonX Ventures and Shasta Ventures.
Boeing HorizonX Ventures and Shasta Ventures also participated in Accion Systems’ $7,500,000 Series A in 2016.
Measat-3 was launched in 2006 and is based on the Boeing 601 satellite platform.
Measat-3 is a Boeing-built satellite that launched in 2006 and was nearing the end of its operational life.
The one-million-square-foot factory in Long Beach is part of a 93-acre plant formerly used by Boeing to produce C-17 cargo aircraft.