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Delays in the development of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner prompted NASA to procure additional commercial crew missions from SpaceX.
Boeing and the U.S. Space Force completed WGS-11+ critical design review in late 2021, launching the program’s production phase.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Boeing a $605,000,000 contract for WGS-11+ in October 2019.
Boeing is building WGS-11+ at its factory in El Segundo, California.
Each Inmarsat I-6 satellite has solar arrays that open to a full 47 m (46.9 m) width, giving a wingspan similar to a Boeing 767.
Dream Chaser was originally proposed as a crewed vehicle and won initial rounds of commercial crew awards from NASA before losing the 2014 contract competition to Boeing and SpaceX.
U.S. Space Systems Command is buying WGS-11+, which is being developed by Boeing and is projected to launch in 2024.
The Air Force’s 2018 budget request did not include funding for WGS satellites beyond the 10 already ordered from Boeing.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $605,000,000 contract in April 2019 to design and build WGS-11+.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Airbus OneWeb Satellites, and Made In Space have established or expanded employment and facilities in Florida in recent years.
As part of a 2021 market survey, NASA received a capability statement from Boeing showing that a cargo version of CST-100 Starliner would be well below the CRS2 contract requirement of 2,500 kg per mission and would require redesign work to carry cargo.
Viasat delayed the first ViaSat-3 satellite it is building in partnership with Boeing until late summer due to impacts related to COVID-19.
The first ViaSat-3 payload was being prepared for thermal vacuum testing at Boeing as part of Viasat’s 2022-02-03 financial results update.
About 95% of payload units on the second ViaSat-3 satellite have been installed at Viasat’s facilities ahead of being shipped to Boeing.
Viasat is designing ViaSat-3 payloads for a satellite bus that Boeing is providing.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and NASA’s Orion also use large ringsail parachutes but with different configurations.
Boeing received a $605,000,000 contract in April 2019 for the development and production of WGS-11+.
The U.S. Space Force issued a 2022-02-01 news release that the Boeing-built WGS-11+ satellite passed a critical design review and will transition to production.
Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems has demonstrated that 3D-printed smallsat buses offer a far faster production cycle time and are about 30% less costly than traditional bus structures.
Livingston Holder is chief technology officer of Radian Aerospace and earlier in his career led Boeing’s X-33 proposal.