Boeing hands over firstWGS spacecraft to USAF

Boeing successfully handed over control of the first of six Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites to the U.S. Air Force Jan. 28. The spacecraft will be controlled by the 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., and its payload operated through four Army...

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