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 provide the scalable 702 satellite platform for the ViaSat-3 program.
Viasat will build the ViaSat-3 satellite payload, integrate the payload into the Boeing-provided payload module structure, and test the integrated payload.
The last satellite built under the 2007 Boeing contract, TDRS-M, launched in August 2017.
NASA declined an option for an additional TDRS satellite under a contract awarded to Boeing in 2007 as part of an effort to encourage commercial-sector provision of communications services.
Boeing plans to acquire Millennium Space Systems, which is based in El Segundo, California.
ABS-2A and ABS-3A launched in 2015 and 2016, respectively, each paired with a Boeing-built satellite for Eutelsat in two dual launches on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.
NASA and Boeing agreed earlier in 2018 to study converting the Starliner crewed test flight into an operational mission by adding a third astronaut and extending the stay on the station from two weeks to up to six months in the event of further commercial crew delays.
The Boeing crewed test flight is planned for mid-2019 and will carry three people including Chris Ferguson, Eric Boe, and Nicole Aunapu Mann.
The GAO report said NASA’s projected average certification date was December 2019 for Boeing and January 2020 for SpaceX, with potential for both companies to slip well into 2020.
Boeing plans to carry out an uncrewed test flight of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle late 2018 or early next year.
Boeing’s revised schedule calls for an uncrewed CST-100 Starliner test flight in late 2018 or early 2019 followed by a crewed test flight in mid-2019.
O3b mPower is a seven-satellite system that Boeing is building for SES to provide 10 terabits of capacity for internet and data connectivity services.
Boeing completed O3b mPower’s preliminary design review, with the completion disclosed on 2018-07-25.
The 2018-08-03 event at Johnson Space Center will also announce the crews for the first post-certification missions by Boeing and SpaceX.
NASA will name the astronauts who will fly the crewed demonstration flights by Boeing and SpaceX during an event on 2018-08-03 at the Johnson Space Center.
The O3b mPower seven-satellite system that Boeing is building for Luxembourg-based SES completed a preliminary design review during the quarter.
Boeing confirmed on 2018-07-21 that an anomaly occurred during a recent test of the launch abort engines for its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle that could delay a key milestone needed for the vehicle to carry astronauts.
The Air Force awarded a $349,000,000 contract to Boeing in August 2017 to mature GBSD designs after a three-way competition.
A 2018-07-11 U.S. Government Accountability Office report cited NASA internal estimates that Boeing and SpaceX would not likely win certification to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station until at least late 2019 or early 2020, and possibly not until late 2020.
Four NASA astronauts have been preparing for Boeing and SpaceX crewed test flights since 2015 and have been training on both Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.