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Boeing

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commercialFounded 1916
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LauncherOne is deployed using an air-launch system from Boeing 747 carrier aircraft.

Mentioned as: BoeingNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2019Virgin Orbit offers vision of responsive smallsat constellation launch

Spacecom contracted Boeing to build Amos-17 in December 2016 under a $161,000,000 contract.

Mentioned as: BoeingOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2019SpaceX launches Amos-17 satellite for Spacecom

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, is designing and building the 25-kilogram Dragracer satellite.

Mentioned as: BoeingNarrative GeneralAug 5, 2019TriSept, Millennium, Tethers Unlimited and Rocket Lab to demonstrate de-orbit technology

Uncertainty about when Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon will be ready to transport astronauts is a significant challenge for NASA.

Mentioned as: BoeingNarrative GeneralJul 30, 2019NASA warns commercial crew delays create uncertainty in ISS operations

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner uncrewed test flight is delayed due to an Atlas 5 launch, now scheduled for August 8, 2023.

Mentioned as: BoeingOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2019NASA warns commercial crew delays create uncertainty in ISS operations

The Air Force awarded Boeing and Northrop Grumman contracts to develop preliminary GBSD designs under the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase.

Mentioned as: BoeingOrg RelationshipJul 25, 2019Northrop’s strong grip on solid rocket motor market crippled Boeing in ICBM competition

Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747 carrier aircraft took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port at 11:43 a.m. Eastern carrying a full-sized LauncherOne rocket filled with water rather than propellants.

Mentioned as: BoeingNarrative GeneralJul 10, 2019Virgin Orbit carries out successful LauncherOne drop test

Since the GAO’s July 2018 report, Boeing delayed its expected Starliner certification date by 12 months.

Mentioned as: BoeingOrg RelationshipJun 21, 2019GAO recommends NASA develop contingency plan for ISS access amid commercial crew delays

Boeing is scheduled to perform an uncrewed test flight of Starliner no earlier than August 2019 followed by a crewed flight in November 2019, with the uncrewed test not expected before mid-September according to the GAO report.

Mentioned as: BoeingNarrative GeneralJun 21, 2019GAO recommends NASA develop contingency plan for ISS access amid commercial crew delays

Boeing is working to qualify the CST-100 Starliner’s parachute system and to address an issue discovered during a parachute test in August 2018.

Mentioned as: BoeingOrg RelationshipJun 21, 2019GAO recommends NASA develop contingency plan for ISS access amid commercial crew delays

Vox Space will use Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air-launched rocket, released from a Boeing 747 mothership, for a planned launch later in 2019.

Mentioned as: boeingTechnical ProductJun 20, 2019SpinLaunch joins cadre of small launch companies DoD wants to try out

Boeing earned 81 percent of the total award fees it could have earned after NASA established formal baselines for the SLS program.

Mentioned as: BoeingTechnical ProductJun 19, 2019Contractors continue to win award fees despite SLS and Orion delays

Boeing is providing the satellite chassis for the ViaSat-3 satellites and integrating the Viasat-built payloads.

Mentioned as: BoeingNarrative GeneralJun 19, 2019Supplier issue behind delays with first ViaSat-3 launch

Boeing received contractor evaluation scores of 'excellent' or 'very good' since 2014 except for October 2017 through September 2018 when it received a score of 'good.'

Mentioned as: BoeingTechnical ProductJun 19, 2019Contractors continue to win award fees despite SLS and Orion delays

Viasat builds ViaSat-3 payloads at its satellite manufacturing facility in Tempe, Arizona using modular structures from Boeing.

Mentioned as: BoeingOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2019Supplier issue behind delays with first ViaSat-3 launch

Boeing received $146,000,000 in award fees since NASA established formal cost and schedule baselines for the SLS program.

Mentioned as: boeingOrg RelationshipJun 19, 2019Contractors continue to win award fees despite SLS and Orion delays

Boeing received $271,000,000 in award fees over the life of its SLS contract.

Mentioned as: BoeingNarrative FinancialJun 19, 2019Contractors continue to win award fees despite SLS and Orion delays

Much of Boeing’s commercial crew work is based at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center using a converted shuttle-era hangar as an assembly facility for the CST-100 Starliner.

Mentioned as: BoeingTechnical ProductJun 19, 2019Boeing to move space headquarters to Florida

SOFIA is a Boeing 747 aircraft equipped with a 2.5-meter telescope for high-altitude infrared observations.

Mentioned as: BoeingTechnical ProductJun 12, 2019NASA to adjust SOFIA operations to improve productivity

Virgin Orbit performed a captive carry test of its Boeing 747 with a LauncherOne attached.

Mentioned as: BoeingOrg RelationshipJun 5, 2019U.K. to fund development of spaceport facilities for Virgin Orbit
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