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Boeing Targets Production Capacity of 60 Small Satellites at Dedicated Plant in El Segundo

Boeing Targets Production Capacity of 60 Small Satellites at Dedicated Plant in El Segundo
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV carried the 10th Wideband Global Satcom satellite for the Department of the Air Force into orbit on March 15, 2019 (ULA Photo)

By the end of next year, Boeing's [BA] small satellite plant in El Segundo, Calif., may reach an annual production capacity of 60 satellites. In 2018, Boeing bought Millennium Space Systems, which has grown from 200 employees to nearly 1,000, including about 800 at Boeing's small satellite plant in El Segundo. "Millennium has 100 percent success on its 15 missions," Michelle Parker, vice president of Boeing Space Mission Systems, said during a March 20 interview. "They're not just cranking microsats…

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