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 planned the crewed flight test to be ready to launch in the first part of 2020 pending completion and review of the Orbital Flight Test.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on OFT is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 2:16 a.m. Eastern on 2019-12-28.
Boeing identified additional launch opportunities for CST-100 Starliner OFT on 2019-12-25 through 2019-12-28, if the mission does not launch by 2019-12-23.
A Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center approved launching Boeing’s Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V at 6:36 a.m. Eastern on 2019-12-20.
Sky Perfect JSAT has its own JCSAT-18 communications payloads on the other half of the shared Boeing 702-MP satellite bus.
Kacific-1 uses a Boeing 702-MP spacecraft bus that is shared with Japanese operator Sky Perfect JSAT.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to launch on 2019-12-19 on an uncrewed test flight and, if that date holds, is scheduled to dock with the ISS on 2019-12-20 and remain there for four or five days.
Boeing announced on 2019-12-03 that it is delaying the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test of the CST-100 Starliner by two days.
Boeing and SpaceX would have the capability to perform short-duration private astronaut missions through 2024 using the commercial crew vehicles they are developing for routine transport to and from the International Space Station.
The Air Force and Boeing are negotiating the terms of a $605,000,000 deal that Boeing was awarded in April to produce WGS-11+.
Boeing received $287.2 million from NASA for 'additional flexibilities' in its commercial crew work.
Boeing categorized the parachute deployment issue as a 'deployment anomaly, not a parachute failure.'
Starliner will land on land rather than splash down, which Boeing considers much safer.
Boeing asserted that its average seat pricing to NASA is below the figure cited in the IG report.
The IG report concluded that purchasing Soyuz seats made $187 million of Boeing's additional funding unnecessary.
Boeing claimed that accounting for cargo would reduce the average seat price to a little more than $70 million.
Boeing stated on November 18 that a report issued by NASA’s Office of Inspector General regarding the commercial crew program was inaccurate.
Boeing cut lead time to launch by two-thirds and doubled the launch rate for an overall price increase of only 5%.
Boeing has made significant investments in the Commercial Crew program.
Boeing stated that SpaceX had a head start since Crew Dragon is based on the cargo version of the spacecraft developed for the commercial cargo program.