Boeing officials say the company has completed key dynamic environmental tests for the first of three Wideband Gapfiller Satellites. The tests, they said Thursday, confirm the spacecraft’s structural design and mechanical integrity. Boeing expects to launch the first WGS in mid 2007.
When the Space Force discusses the cyber threats faced by the service or the commercial satellite providers it uses, it typically frames the issue as a nation-state one. But for cyber defenders in the commercial space sector responsible for day-to-day operations, the reality is rather different: Like other providers of…