First WGS spacecraft could be in operational use by April
Although the formal operational introduction of the first Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) spacecraft isn’t slated to occur until January 2009, the U.S. Air Force expects to make the communications satellite available for warfighters to use as early as April 2008. Following launch last October, the...
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