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United Launch Alliance (ULA) will be launching the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-10) for the US Department of Defense. The WGS system provides global broadband connectivity for the U.S. military and its allies. Boeing is the prime contractor for the WGS satellites. WGS-10 is the fourth Block II follow-on satellite. Built on the 702 platform, it has 10 Ka-band and 9 X-band transponders, providing transmission rates of 6 Gbps or 11 Gbps when utilizing its digital channelizer. One X-band transponder is a full Earth, the other 18 transponders utilize phased array technology allowing the beams to be steered and shaped.

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