Boeing has handed over control of the first of six Wideband Global SATCOM satellites to the US Air Force. WGS-1 is the Department of Defense`s highest capacity communications satellite and the WGS line is to eventually replace the Defense Satellite Communications System constellation. The satellite offers a marked improvement in communications bandwidth for the military, and has a 25 percent power margin in its downlink beams, which provides additional communications capacity. It also has a 50 percent margin in its propulsion capability, which could provide up to seven additional years of mission life over the baseline requirement.
This first WGS satellite is meeting all performance requirements and is exceeding key requirements in ways that will be extremely beneficial to the warfighter. WGS-1 represents the first step in our transformational satellite communications journey. Launching the first WGS has effectively doubled the bandwidth available to warfighters from U.S. government satellites, which means the people in the field who need that vital information will get it much faster, providing a critical advantage in today`s battlefield environment.
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