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WGS-2 healthy after launch

Submit on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 05:57

Boeing said it has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the second of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The signals indicate that the spacecraft is healthy and ready to begin orbital manoeuvres and operational testing.
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