$350-Million Spacecraft - Unload Carefully

Aircrews from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Boeing employees offload a Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft from a C-5 Galaxy Jan.

By GPS Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published February 5, 2009

Aircrews from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Boeing employees offload a Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft from a C-5 Galaxy Jan. 21 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

The equipment is part of an Atlas 5 rocket mission set to launch March 9. The 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., performs command and control for WGS.

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