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 will perform a second uncrewed test flight, OFT-2, at its own expense to confirm the problems experienced on the previous flight were corrected and to carry out the earlier mission’s test objectives such as docking with the International Space Station.
Chris Ferguson regularly works with Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada as they train on the Starliner spacecraft at Boeing facilities.
The U.S. Air Force operates two X-37B spacecraft that were built by Boeing.
Viasat expects to ship the first ViaSat-3 payload to manufacturer Boeing later 2020 for integration into a 702 platform.
SES signed contracts earlier this summer with Northrop Grumman and Boeing for two C-band satellites apiece.
Boeing is using its 702x software-defined satellite platform to build the O3b mPower spacecraft.
Boeing will build four additional O3b mPower high-throughput communications satellites for fleet operator SES under an order announced 2020-08-07.
Boeing is building the first seven O3b mPower satellites under a contract awarded in 2017.
United Launch Alliance will launch two satellites built by Boeing on a single Atlas V in 2022 for SES.
Boeing plans a second uncrewed CST-100 Starliner flight, funded by Boeing, no earlier than late 2020, followed by a crewed flight test with two NASA astronauts and former NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson in 2021.
Boeing announced in April that it will perform a second uncrewed Starliner flight test, OFT-2, at its own expense.
NASA completed two major reviews on 2020-07-07 related to Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) last December.
Boeing has started implementing the review recommendations and has added resources while incrementally changing and testing the Starliner software.
An independent review team (IRT) jointly organized by NASA and Boeing completed its work and added 19 recommendations to the 61 recommendations NASA reported in March.
Boeing stated in January 2020 that it would take a $410,000,000 charge to cover costs associated with a second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing received $4,800,000,000 in commercial crew funding for its NASA crew vehicle efforts.
Intelsat and SES have ordered 10 replacement C-band satellites ahead of the FCC’s auction from Boeing, Maxar, and Northrop Grumman.
Space Adventures previously announced plans to partner with Boeing to market commercial Starliner flights.
Mark Mulqueen will retire from Boeing on 2024-07-02.
Boeing committed on 2024-04-06 to fly the second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test mission at its own expense to carry out all tests intended for the original uncrewed flight.