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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In 2017 NASA agreed to buy five Soyuz seats from Boeing that Boeing had obtained as part of an agreement with RSC Energia.
The Boeing-contracted third ViaSat-3 satellite secures the last spacecraft Viasat needs for global Ka-band coverage.
ViaSat-2 was built by Boeing and launched in June 2017 and suffered an antenna deployment issue before entering service.
Spacecom purchased Amos-17 from Boeing in 2016 as a replacement for Amos-5.
Lockheed Martin is building the first 10 GPS 3 satellites under a 2008 contract and received a $7,200,000,000 contract for 22 follow-on GPS 3F satellites in September after Boeing and Northrop Grumman declined to bid.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin merged their launch operations and created United Launch Alliance, which operated as a monopoly from 2006 until 2015.
Isotropic Systems raised $14,000,000 from a group of investors led by Boeing HorizonX Ventures.
Isotropic Systems and Boeing agreed to cross-license Isotropic’s intellectual property to support development of additional ventures.
Isotropic Systems raised $14,000,000 in a Series A funding round led by Boeing HorizonX Ventures with participation from WML, Space Angels, and Space Capital.
Boeing plans a crewed Starliner flight carrying NASA astronauts Eric Boe and Nicole Aunapu Mann and Boeing test pilot Chris Ferguson in August 2019.
SES is developing the O3b mPOWER system that Boeing is building for a 2021 launch, representing Ka-band competition in the region.
Kacific and Boeing finalized the Kacific-1 design with 56 beams after a coverage tweak in 2017, down from an originally announced 57 beams.
Boeing was awarded a seven-year, $383,000,000 contract in November to develop the PTES.
Dream Chaser was not selected for NASA’s commercial crew contracts in 2014 when Boeing and SpaceX received the awards.
Boeing supports the C-Band Alliance proposal and identified it as protecting aeronautical safety services in the adjacent band between 4,200 and 4,400 megahertz.
Lockheed Martin and Boeing merged their launch businesses and created United Launch Alliance (ULA) in 2006, which then owned the U.S. military launch market exclusively until SpaceX sued the government in 2014 to be allowed to compete.
Global IP’s founders filed a lawsuit earlier 2018 expressing concern that the Chinese government could gain access to sensitive, export-controlled technologies through the Boeing contract.
Boeing canceled Global IP’s contract for the Gisat-1 geostationary satellite.
Global IP ordered the Gisat-1 satellite from Boeing in September 2016.
Global IP, a U.S.-based company, ordered a high-throughput satellite from Boeing in 2016 with financial backing from Chinese investors.