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Air Force

Air Force Prepares For Launch Next Week of Wideband Global Communications Satellite

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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

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The Air Force said yesterday that it intends to launch the first of its new communications satellites, the Boeing [BA]-built Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) system, into orbit next Tuesday. Barring weather or last-minute developments, the satellite will lift off aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The WGS satellite, designated SV-1, will augment the Air Force's aging constellation of Defense Satellite Communication System (DSCS) satellites that has been the backbone…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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