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Third USAF WGS satellite ready for launch

Cape Canaveral, USA - It will be placed over the Atlantic Ocean

Boeing announced yesterday that the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite it has built for the US Air Force (USAF) has completed prelaunch testing. The satellite is ready for its scheduled December 2 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. WGS is the US Department of Defense's highest-capacity communications satellite system....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112029
Rome, Italy, 12/01/2009 11:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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