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Boeing: Wideband Satellite Communications System spans the globe

Seattle, Usa - Four more WGS satellites are currently in production

The US Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system is expanded with the August launch of the Boeing-built WGS-6 satellite. Australia funded WGS-6 so its Defence Force can leverage the significant value of having access to military satellite communications through an existing global infrastructure. Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and New Zealand also have access to the WGS system through...

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Rome, Italy, 10/02/2013 17:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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