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Boeing Completes Satellite Control Center

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Monday, August 11th, 2008

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The Boeing Co. [BA] completed a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in El Segundo, Calif. The MCC can manage up to four commercial or government satellite missions simultaneously, replacing another Boeing facility in El Segundo that was smaller and had limited capacity. Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of Space and Intelligence Systems in Boeing Network and Space Systems, said that center personnel will monitor the health of a spacecraft from the time it is mated…

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