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    WGS-9 LAUNCH

    WGS-9 Launch

    WGS-9 Launch    

    Wideband Global SATCOM provides anytime, anywhere communication for
    soldiers, sailors, Airmen, Marines, and international partners through
    broadcast, multicast, and point-to-point connections. In January 2012,
    Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and New Zealand signed a
    multilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the United States, agreeing to
    fund the procurement of the ninth WGS satellite. The agreement to cooperate
    on the provision of global military satellite... read more

    5 Featured Videos

    WGS-9 Launch Highlights

    WGS-9 Launch Highlights
    03.18.17 | Michael Martin | SAF
    The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the ninth Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved...
    B-Roll (AF BDAY LOGO) WGS9 Encapsulation

    B-Roll (AF BDAY LOGO) WGS9 Encapsulation
    03.08.17 | TSgt Anthony Nelson | SAF
    WGS-9 Encapsulation video from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Courtesy video/United Launch Alliance)
    B-Roll WGS9 Encapsulation

    B-Roll WGS9 Encapsulation
    03.08.17 | TSgt Anthony Nelson | SAF
    WGS-9 Encapsulation video from Space Launch Complex- 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Courtesy video/United Launch Alliance)
    WGS-9 Animation 720p

    WGS-9 Animation 720p
    02.27.17 | Michael Pierson |
    Video animation of Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) in orbit. WGS provides flexible, high-capacity communications for the Nation's warfighters...
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    21 Featured Images

    WGS9 LAUNCH

    WGS9 LAUNCH
    03.18.17 | TSgt Anthony Nelson | SAF
    The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the ninth Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved...
    WGS9 LAUNCH

    WGS9 LAUNCH
    03.18.17 | TSgt Anthony Nelson | SAF
    The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the ninth Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved...
    WGS9 LAUNCH

    WGS9 LAUNCH
    03.18.17 | TSgt Anthony Nelson | SAF
    The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the ninth Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved...
    WGS9 LAUNCH

    WGS9 LAUNCH
    03.18.17 | TSgt Anthony Nelson | SAF
    The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the ninth Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved...
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    3 Featured Stories

    Air Force Successfully Launches WGS-9...
    03.18.17 | Courtesy Story | SAF
    LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the ninth Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 8:18 p.m. EDT.

    EELV Fact Sheet
    02.27.17 | TSgt Anthony Nelson | SAF
    Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Overview The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program is managed by the Launch Enterprise Directorate of the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. The program provides the United States Assured Access to Space (AATS) (at least two launch systems or families of launch systems) with three families of launch vehicles: Atlas V, Delta IV, and Falcon 9...

    WGS Fact Sheet
    02.27.17 | TSgt Anthony Nelson | SAF
    Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Satellite Fact Sheet Mission WGS provides flexible, high-capacity communications for the Nation's warfighters through procurement and operation of the satellite constellation and the associated control systems. WGS provides worldwide flexible, high data rate and long haul communications for marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen, the White House Communication Agency, the US State Department, international...