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The initial PTES will use the Wideband Global Satcom system and be expanded later to include commercial satellites and the PTS system.
The Air Force is considering a Boeing proposal to deliver the next Wideband Global Satcom satellite, WGS-11, in orbit as a build-and-deliver package.
The U.S. Air Force’s 10th Wideband Global Satcom communications satellite (WGS-10) launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at 8:26 PM EST from Space Launch Complex-37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Congress added $600,000,000 to the fiscal year 2018 defense budget for the Air Force to expand the Wideband Global Satcom constellation from 10 to 12 satellites.
The 10th Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite is scheduled to launch in 2019, and Congress inserted funding for WGS 11 and 12 in the Pentagon’s 2018 budget.
Canada agreed to pay 340 million Canadian dollars for the U.S. to build an eighth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite that launched in March 2017.
Atlas V launched Department of Defense missions including Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) and Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS).
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center will procure Wideband Global Satcom satellites WGS 11 and 12 from Boeing using a more commercial approach that allows Boeing to use components from its commercial satellite line.
Boeing was selected in 2002 to build two satellites for the Wideband Gapfiller System, which later became Wideband Global Satcom (WGS).
Under Joint Project 2008 Phase 5B2, ViaSat will provide ground stations and dual-band Wideband Global SATCOM satellite earth terminals.