The Boeing Co. [BA] is about to use a new method of assembling satellites that will shorten construction time. That so-called "pulse line" method, at a facility in El Segundo, Calif., will start with Air Force birds. The first satellites to be manufactured on the pulse line will be the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites. All Boeing satellite production lines will adopt the new process over time. "With this new process, we are reducing the [assembly process] travel distance…
Boeing Begins New Satellite Assembly Process
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