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	Yorkshire CND - Boeing Concludes Acquisition of Hughes' Space and Communications Businesses - 6/10/00
		Boeing is focusing its growth in space and communications in areas that include broadband information delivery to travelers, new space-based air traffic management systems, classified government program opportunities, and integrated military battlefield and defense systems.
		Boeing Satellite Systems is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., under the leadership of Tig H. Krekel, formerly president and chief executive officer of Hughes Space and Communications Company.
		Boeing is a partner in Sea Launch, the four-nation joint venture that launches satellites from a floating platform in the Pacific near the equator.
	www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/boeing4.htm (1011 words)

	How it works
		A satellite phone is a special kind of mobile phone that is designed to permit voice and data transmission via satellite.
		Thuraya-1 satellite was launched on 21st October 2000; on board a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket from the equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.It was the heaviest commercial payload ever launched and the first commercial satellite to employ digital beam forming.
		Thuraya's second satellite Thuraya 2 was launched on the 10th of June 2003 while a third satellite is being built by Boeing Satellite Systems to expand system capacity.
	www.satellite-telephone.ch /works.htm (526 words)

	In-Orbit Failures, Manufacturing Problems Haunt Boeing
		Boeing Satellite Systems is facing renewed questions about the quality of its satellites and manufacturing processes following a new set of in-orbit failures and the disclosure that work on several current programs has taken an expensive turn for the worse.
		Boeing Co., based in Chicago, said July 15 it is recording a $265 million second-quarter loss at its satellite manufacturing division, primarily due to difficulties on four projects.
		This was due to the increased complexity of the satellites being produced during the period that incorporate state-of-the-art technologies and subsystems.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/951952/posts (1339 words)

	IBM Press room - 2001-07-11 Boeing and IBM Set New Record With World's Most Powerful Satellite Digital ...
		Boeing is tapping IBM's advanced custom integrated circuit technologies to improve the performance, reliability and cost of satellite-based communications, vastly improving the performance of previous digital satellite systems.
		The Thuraya satellite communication system serves the Middle East, North and Central Africa, Europe, the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia with medium-bandwidth data exchange and voice conversations using compact cellular telephone handsets.
		BSS is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, and is also a major provider of space systems, satellites, and payloads for national defense, science and environmental applications.
	www-03.ibm.com /press/us/en/pressrelease/1166.wss (991 words)

	The Boeing-Built `Rock' has Left Earth
		Boeing is looking forward to launching `Roll' in May and completing the final testing on the spare third satellite.
		The satellite spans 132.5 feet in length and 46.6 feet in width, with antennas fully deployed, and has a total spacecraft power of 18 kilowatts.
		Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, and is also a major provider of space systems, satellites, and payloads for national defense, science and environmental applications.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /news/2001/mar/nps034.htm (617 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| Boeing celebrates launch of satellite milestone
		All were designed and built by the Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) subsidiary of Boeing Space and Communications, a unit of The Boeing Co.
		The satellite was one of a series the company built for Satellite Business Systems that were jointly owned by subsidiaries of IBM, Comsat General Corp., and Aetna Life and Casualty.
		Boeing Space and Communications is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, and is also a major provider of space systems, satellites, and payloads for national defense, science and environmental applications.
	www.spaceflightnow.com /news/n0111/27boeing200 (1151 words)

	Boeing (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Boeing had to offer new aircraft, and developed the single-aisle B757, the larger, twin-aisle B767, and upgraded versions of the B737.
		Boeing participated also with other products in the space program, and was the first contractor for the International Space Station.
		In 1994, Boeing introduced its most modern commercial jet aircraft, the twin-engine B777, with a seating capacity of 390 passengers, in between the B767 and the B747.
	boeing.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (2496 words)

	Boeing Re-enters U.S. Navy Satellite Competition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		WASHINGTON — The addition of Boeing Satellite Systems to Lockheed Martin’s team in the competition to build the U.S. Navy’s new generation of mobile communications satellites should result in a better system, regardless of who ultimately wins the contract, a spokesman for the service said.
		Boeing Satellite Systems of El Segundo, Calif., built the Navy’s current fleet of communications satellites, dubbed the UHF Follow On system.
		Boeing and Lockheed Martin "have made a lot of communications satellites for the military, undoubtedly using different technology," Nisbet said.
	www.space.com /spacenews/archive03/boeingarch_012703.html (538 words)

	USATODAY.com - Boeing defends against technology allegations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		LOUIS (AP) — The president of Boeing Satellite Systems defended his company Thursday, a day after the State Department accused the firm of illegally giving China satellite and rocket technology that could be used for intercontinental missiles.
		Boeing Satellite Systems and Hughes Electronics Corp. were accused of giving technical data to China following failed Chinese launches of rockets carrying American satellites in 1995 and 1996.
		In a written statement, Boeing Satellite Systems president Randy Brinkley noted the charges relate to events that occurred years before Boeing acquired Hughes Space and Communications, Hughes' satellite business, in October 2000.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-01-02-boeing-china-_x.htm (465 words)

	Aerospace Technology - Boeing 702 Satellite
		In October 1995 Hughes Space and Communications Company, now Boeing Satellite Systems, announced an innovative new satellite series: the Hughes 702, which evolved from Hughes' proven Hughes 601 and Hughes 601HP (high power) spacecraft, the body stabilised Hughes 702 is a giant in size, performance, and cost efficiency.
		As a new feature on the Boeing 702, angled solar reflector panels along both sides of the wings form a shallow trough and concentrate the sun rays on the solar cells.
		The Boeing 702 separates the bus and payload thermal environments and substantially enlarged the heat radiators to achieve a cooler, more stable thermal environment for both bus and payload.
	www.aerospace-technology.com /projects/boeing702 (612 words)

	Boeing Integrated Defense Systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Precision Engagement and Mobility System, responsible for fighter aircraft, airlifters, aerial refuelling tankers, helicopters, and airborne warfare systems.
		Boeing Satellite Systems, formerly a unit of Hughes Electronics
		The Boeing facility in Anaheim would be moving to Huntington Beach, CA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boeing_Integrated_Defense_Systems (357 words)

	Sea Launch Past Launches - XM-1
		Boeing Satellite Systems built the 702 model spacecraft for XM Satellite Radio, based in Washington, D.C. Schedule for the XM-1 Mission
		Built by Boeing Satellite Systems of El Segundo, Calif., the 702 model satellites are the most powerful built to date.
		Boeing Satellite Systems is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites.
	www.sea-launch.com /past_xm1.htm (540 words)

	Boeing Satellite Systems
		As satellite TV increases in popularity, the services provided by satellite TV providers will increase their availability among the country.
		Utilizing modern satellite technology, satellite TV is able to bypass the conventional limitations faced by broadcast television.
		This technology ensures that, once the satellite dish has been properly installed, the satellite TV subscriber will always be able to enjoy their content without ever having to adjust their physical receiving satellite dish.
	satellitetv.lookupinfos.com /satellitetv1/boeing-satellite-systems.html (450 words)

	Boeing Satellite Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		All masses that are part of the solar system, including the Earth, are Satelltie s of the Sun, or Satelilte s of thoseobjects, such as the Moon.
		At arbitrary boundaries, a collection of interrelated components may be declared a system and may further be abstracted to bedeclared a component of a larger system.
		Depending on the type of system, a system can often be distinguished from individual machines, elements or processes of that system by thenumber, arrangements and complexity of those elements.
	www.super8filmmaking.com /tail/36583-boeing-satellite-systems.html (833 words)

	New Record Set For Satellite DSP
		Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), and IBM today announced they have created the world's most powerful satellite-based digital signal processor, designed to make space-borne wireless communications available to a wide audience of users.
		Space-based wireless systems offer a new means of connectivity for areas of the world where telephone lines and other infrastructure for traditional communications are less developed or don't exist.
		Boeing is tapping IBM's advanced custom integrated circuit technologies to improve the performance, reliability and cost of satellite-based communications, vastly improving the performance of previous digital satellite systems.
	www.spacemart.com /reports/New_Record_Set_For_Satellite_DSP.html (906 words)

	Boeing Joins Team Seeking To Win New Mobile Satellite Comms
		Selection of the final design for the MUOS system is scheduled for 2004, with initial operational capability expected in early 2008 and full capability by 2013.
		Satellite communications provide a critical link in the integrated battlespace, the global network of new and legacy platforms and communications systems used by the armed services and intelligence community.
		Boeing Satellite Systems, the satellite-manufacturing arm of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, has delivered 10 of the 11 satellites and is currently building the eleventh spacecraft.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/milspace-comms-03o.html (379 words)

	Boeing's Purchase of Hughes Presages A Major Change in Company Emphasis
		Boeing Satellite Systems recently scored two major victories: In a European breakthrough it contracted for its first satellite with Eutelsat, for a small Boeing 376HP broadband communications spacecraft, called e-BIRD.
		And at the other end of the scale, Boeing was chosen to lead the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite system which will provide communications to support the warfighter.
		Boeing Capital Corp is exploring leasing and construction financing for customers of Boeing Satellite Systems, and expects to sign the first deal soon.
	www.aviationnow.com /shownews/01paris1/topsto02.htm (807 words)

	Boeing Satellite Systems wins contract to build satellite for U
		Boeing Satellite Systems, a unit of Boeing Co., has won a contract to build a third satellite for the Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co.,
		The launch and insurance of Thuraya's second satellite, scheduled for January 2003, is part of a separate contract.
		Boeing Satellite Systems International Inc., the manufacturing arm of Boeing Space and Communications, holds a 2 percent stake in the company.
	cellular.co.za /news_2002/062302-boeing_satellite_systems_wins_co.htm (324 words)

	Stereophile: XM Radio Successfully Launches Satellite
		The launched satellite is the first of three 702 models built by Boeing Satellite Systems, with its 10,284 lb.
		Boeing says that the 702, designed for a 15-year lifespan, will generate 18 kilowatts of total power at the beginning of its life in orbit and uses the xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS) for all on-orbit maneuvering.
		The second satellite, Roll, is planned to launch in early May, also from Sea Launch's platform in the Pacific, with a third satellite intended as a backup.
	www.stereophile.com /news/10999 (537 words)

	WebWire® \| Outstanding Performance Leads to Early Handover of Boeing Weather Satellite
		Following its launch last month on a Boeing Delta IV rocket, the advanced satellite successfully completed orbit-raising and key on-orbit operations such as spacecraft initialization and checkout.
		Boeing’s 40 years of knowledge and experience in weather and Earth observation space systems underpins the next-generation environmental system in support of NOAA’s strategic mission: To understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our nation’s economic, social, and environmental needs.
		Boeing has completed the GOES-O satellite, which is currently in storage awaiting launch.
	www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=15532 (380 words)

	Aerospace News Aerospace News Aerospace News - Jobwerx.com
		FAB-T is intended to provide strategic forces with a multi-mission capable family of terminals — or radio systems with special purpose antennas — that utilize a common design, open system architecture to talk to different satellites and enable information exchange between ground, air and space platforms.
		The initiative represents a key building block in Boeing's vision of the integrated battlespace of the future, where networked information and communications' systems provide a competitive edge to decision-makers and military personnel.
		Boeing has assembled a best-of-industry team, comprised of the nation's leading satellite systems, communications terminals and high performance data link providers, to execute the terms of the contract for the first increment.
	www.jobwerx.com /news/Archives/BoeingTeamWinsSatelliteContract.html (591 words)

	How weather forecasting is like war
		As director of earth and space science programs for Boeing Satellite Systems Inc., Mark Spiwak is responsible for the new series of geostationary operational environmental satellites soon to be launched by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA.
		Hughes Space and Communications [acquired by Boeing in 2000 and known as Boeing Satellite Services] built GOES versions D through H. There was an I through M series, and now we’re back building N, O and P. They will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
		The satellites rebroadcast data to help people who are at sea or need to evacuate for storms.
	www.gcn.com /print/23_21/26745-1.html (1408 words)

	Boeing Satellite Development Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Boeing Satellite Development Center (formerly Boeing Satellite Systems) is a major business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.
		Currently projects at Boeing Satellite Systems (spacecraft being designed, built, tested, or prepared for launch) are satellites made for XM (satellite radio), DirecTV (satellite television), MSV (satellite mobile telephony), Spaceway (data networks), and for the WGS and TSAT projects (military communications).
		Boeing contributions to space exploration projects, past (X-15, Apollo) and current (Shuttle, ISS) - includes the work of companies since acquired by Boeing, such as Rockwell International and North American Aviation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boeing_Satellite_Systems (532 words)

	Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Satellite Development Center Home
		Boeing Home / Integrated Defense Systems / Network and Space Systems / Space and Intelligence Systems / Satellite Development Center
		Satellites designed here are manufactured, tested, and readied for shipment in the Integration and Test Complex (ITC).
		Boeing's Satellite Development Center continues to pioneer technologies and to discover new applications for a wide variety of systems that make a difference in our world today and create possibilities for tomorrow.
	www.boeing.com /defense-space/space/bss/index.html (259 words)

	Boeing wideband gapfiller satellite antenna contract goes to Harris
		WGS is a high-capacity satellite system, jointly funded by the US Air Force and US Army, to support the services with newer and far greater wideband communications capabilities than provided by current systems.
		"Boeing is a key customer for Harris and we are very excited about the opportunity to expand our market presence as a strategic supplier to the Boeing Satellite Systems business of The Boeing Company," said Bob Henry, president, Harris GCSD.
		Harris began engineering and technical support work under a Boeing $300,000 contract to ensure that existing ground terminals will be compatible with new WGS satellite communications payloads.
	defence-data.com /paris2001/pagepa35.htm (507 words)

	NTI: Global Security Newswire
		Responding to U.S. State Department charges, Boeing said yesterday it is not responsible for misconduct by its California-based satellite division that took place in the mid-1990s, before Boeing purchased the satellite operations (see GSN, Jan 2).
		Boeing also said it had spent millions of dollars to improve operations at the satellite division since the acquisition.
		“Boeing Satellite Systems is now at what we believe to be the cutting edge of export compliance systems among aerospace companies,” Brinkley said (Agence France-Presse, Jan. 3).
	www.nti.org /d_newswire/issues/thisweek/2003_1_3_misp.html (1324 words)

	CNN.com - Firms fined over China dealings - Mar. 5, 2003
		Hughes Electronics Corp. and Boeing Co.'s Boeing Satellite Systems unit have agreed to pay a $32 million civil penalty arising from allegations the companies illegally shared sensitive space technology with China in the 1990s.
		Hughes and the Boeing unit, then known as Hughes Space and Communication Co., were charged by the State Department last December 26 with 123 violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
		Hughes and the Boeing unit said Hughes Space should have sought and obtained a State Department license before disclosing to China any analysis of launch failures, or providing information or assistance relating to the design and construction of satellite-related products.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/asia/03/05/china.boeing.reut/index.html (331 words)

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