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Powerful new satellite to
debut over Pacific
Reuters
Friday, April 11, 2008
The United States is set to start operating a powerful new military
communications satellite over the Pacific next week, the first
of a planned six-satellite network that will boost data flows
10-fold, the Air Force Space Command said Thursday.
On its own, the maiden Boeing Co-built Wideband Global Satellite
will provide more capacity for video, data and voice than the
entire group of 10 or so satellites it is designed to replace,
the command said.
"We expect to start cutting over operational communications
networks from the existing constellation to the new satellite
next week," said Air Force Col. James Wolf, chief of the
command's military satellite communications division.
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Australia joined the WGS program last year, providing funds that
expanded it to include the sixth satellite, which had been an
option under a contract awarded to Boeing in January 2001.
Wolf said in an interview with Reuters that the commander of
the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, had asked to
"take advantage of the increased capacity just as soon as
he possibly could."
He said he was unaware of any specific event that might have
spurred such demand for the satellite, which will be in geostationary
orbit over the western Pacific.
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