Tag: Boeing
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Boeing Wins $2 Billion Space Force Contract for Next MUOS Military Communications Satellites
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Boeing a $2 billion contract to develop the next generation of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellites as part of an effort to extend the operational life of the military’s narrowband satellite communications network. The contract supports Phase II of the MUOS Service Life Extension program and includes…
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NASA, Boeing committed to Starliner-1 launch despite unclear timeline
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. Image: NASA. Update June 24, 10:55 a.m. EDT (1455 UTC): Added a comment from NASA. More than four months after NASA released a report classifying the 2024 Crew Flight Test…
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Boeing Achieves Quantum Entanglement Swapping Milestone Ahead of 2027 Satellite Mission
Boeing has successfully demonstrated high-fidelity quantum entanglement swapping during ground-based testing of its Quantum 4 Satellite (Q4S), marking a key milestone in the development of space-based quantum networking technology. The achievement clears the path for the aerospace company to launch the Q4S satellite in 2027 for a planned one-year orbital demonstration mission aimed at validating…
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U.S. Space Force Awards Viasat and Intelsat $437.7 Million for Protected Satellite Communications Program
The United States Space Force has awarded a combined $437.7 million contract to Viasat and Intelsat for the procurement of satellites under the Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global (PTS-G) program, according to a government contract notice released on Friday. The Space Force said it obligated $150 million in fiscal year 2026 research, development, test and evaluation…
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NASA Selects ULA’s Centaur 5 as Upper Stage for SLS Starting With Artemis 4
NASA has selected United Launch Alliance’s Centaur 5 upper stage for use on its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket beginning with the Artemis 4 mission, currently scheduled to launch no earlier than early 2028, according to contract documents released by the agency. Centaur 5 was originally developed as the upper stage for United Launch Alliance’s…
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Ding-dong! The Exploration Upper Stage is dead
In his 1961 novel The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck wrote of loss, “It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” The death of NASA’s Exploration Upper Stage today represents the inverse of that sentiment. The world of spaceflight is so much brighter…
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Independent report sharply criticizes NASA management, Boeing for troubled Starliner flight
A file photo shows Boeing’s Starliner capsule docked to the International Space Station as the two spacecraft fly over northern Africa toward the Nile Delta. Image: NASA An independent review of the first, and so far only, piloted flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft concluded the test represented a potentially life-threatening “type A” mishap resulting from…
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NASA Targets April Cargo Flight for Starliner, Crewed Mission Possible This Fall
NASA is aiming to launch an uncrewed mission of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station (ISS) as early as April, with a potential crewed flight later in the year if technical issues are resolved, officials said. The upcoming mission, known as Starliner-1, will carry cargo rather than astronauts after the spacecraft failed to achieve…
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NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Crew Missions, Converts Next Flight to Cargo
NASA said on Monday it has reduced the number of Starliner missions Boeing is required to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) and has redesignated the spacecraft’s next flight as a cargo-only mission, marking the latest shift in the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Under the original contracts awarded to Boeing and SpaceX, each company…
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NASA, Boeing pivot Starliner-1 mission from 4-person astronaut flight to cargo-only
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Image: NASA/Kim Shiflett In its latest shakeup to the Commercial Crew Program, NASA announced on Monday it has reduced the number of missions Boeing is required to…