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USA-263, or Wideband Global SATCOM 7 is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband Global SATCOM programme. Launched in 2015, it
Artist's impression of a WGS-7 satellite in orbit
The Defense Satellite Communications System is a United States Space Force satellite constellation that provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military
USA-263
…communications industry team led by Boeing Satellite Systems was selected to develop the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) system as successors to the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) series of communications satellites. This satellite communications system is intended to support the warfighter with newer and far greater…
Illustration of the DSCS III satellite
Artist's rendering of a Transtage deploying IDSCP satellites
Illustration of a DSCS II satellite