Known as WGS-4, its the fourth in the Defense Department's Wideband
Global SATCOM series of high-capacity communications satellites.
Today, the Air Force confirmed it has ordered The Boeing Co. to begin working on a ninth WGS spacecraft, expected to cost
$377 million. It will be purchased under a recently-announced
international partnership with Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands and New Zealand.
Air Force officials say plans for a 10th vehicle are also in the works.
WGS-4
is set to rocket to orbit atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV from
Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Thursday's launch
window extends from 7:38 p.m. to 9:11 p.m. The weather forecast is
excellent.
Live webcast begins at 7:18 pm...
The vehicle used is a Delta IV Medium that means a core stage and four solid rocket boosters.
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