The Wideband Global SATCOM system (WGS) is a high capacity United States Space Force satellite communications system planned for use in partnership by...
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remaining Satcom satellites were retired in the early 2000s and replaced by the GE/AMC series, originally by GE Americom, then sold to SES. Wideband satellite...
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infrastructure and in mid ocean away from land and shipping lanes. SHF Satcom systems often possess features designed to meet the needs of military users...
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WGS-11+ (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
Wideband Global SATCOM 11+ (WGS 11+), is a United States military communications satellite to be operated by the United States Space Force as part of the...
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USA-244 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
Wideband Global SATCOM 6 (WGS-6) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband...
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USA-263 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
Wideband Global SATCOM 7 (WGS-7) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband...
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USA-204 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
USA-204, or Wideband Global SATCOM 2 (WGS-2) is a United States military communications satellite which is operated by the United States Air Force as part...
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USA-243 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
satellite. It was the fifth satellite to be launched as part of the Wideband Global SATCOM program and the second Block II satellite. The WGS system is a system...
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USA-233 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
Wideband Global SATCOM 4 (WGS-4) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband...
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USA-275 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
Wideband Global SATCOM 9 (WGS-9) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband...
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for providing payload and transmission command and control of the Wideband Global SATCOM and Defense Satellite Communications System constellations. It is...
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USA-211 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
USA 211, or Wideband Global SATCOM 3 (WGS F3) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the...
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space probe to Mars. Delta IV launches orbited the fifth and sixth Wideband Global SATCOM satellites WGS-5 and WGS-6, as well as NROL-65. In 2014, ULA's Atlas...
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USA-291 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
USA-291, or Wideband Global SATCOM 10 (WGS-10) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of...
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United States Armed Forces (section Global Positioning System and military satellite communications)
Squadron and inherited from the U.S. Navy. The payloads on the Wideband Global SATCOM and Defense Satellite Communications System are operated by the...
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USA-272 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
USA 272 (U.S.Strat.Com 41879), or Wideband Global SATCOM 8 (WGS F8) (a.k.a Crazy) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the...
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USA-195 (category Wideband Global SATCOM)
Wideband Global SATCOM 1 (WGS-1) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband...
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Wideband Global SATCOM satellite constellations. The 4th Space Operations Squadron's mission is to operate the Space Force's protected and wideband MILSATCOM...
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Inmarsat (redirect from Global Xpress)
Radiotelephone SES Broadband for Maritime Sky and Space Global Thuraya Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) "Preliminary Full Year Results 2018" (PDF). inmarsat...
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Follow-On (UFO) Ka-band augmented satellites and more recently all Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites (via Ka-band only). Initial Operational Capability...
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"Army transfers satellite communications mission to USSF: All military SATCOM under one ser". 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023...
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communications to support globally distributed military users. Beginning in 2007, DSCS began being replaced by the Wideband Global SATCOM system. A total of...
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Unlike a single satellite, a constellation can provide permanent global or near-global coverage, such that at any time everywhere on Earth at least one...
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Delta IV rocket. For example, for the Delta IV that carried the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite (WGS-6) into orbit for the U.S. Air Force, ATK supplied...
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reference frame for the earth for use in geodesy and navigation Wideband Global SATCOM, a United States and Australian military communication satellite...
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activated. In September 2021, the Space Force publicly identified Army and Navy SATCOM units that would transfer to DEL 8. On 6 June 2022, the Naval Satellite...
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Spaceway (data networks), GPS (satellite navigation), and for the Wideband Global SATCOM system (military communications). Designs for ISAT (military orbital...
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ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle (UAV), and Joint participation on the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Satellite program with the U.S. Air Force. In Australia, BDS...
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constellations Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) and the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) systems, and may become a partner in the Mobile User Objective...
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Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 8 May 2015. Hunt, Kevin (Fall 2018). "Wideband Global SATCOM and its Integration into the Royal Canadian Navy" (PDF). Maritime...
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