Launch vehicle Delta IV into orbit military satellite WGS-6

Launch vehicle Delta IV into orbit military satellite WGS-6

 launch vehicle Delta IV family of a sixth satellite Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) kicked off the launch pad at the U.S. Air Force base at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Launched the unit will operate in the interests of the U.S. military and its allies. Delta IV launch of a WGS-6 was held at 4:29 MSK. Per WGS-6 into orbit has been entrusted to the company United Launch Alliance - a joint venture of American corporations Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

Satellite was placed in a special capsule on top of the carrier. Wideband Global Satcom system allows the Pentagon with high speed data transfer between ships, aircraft and ground forces, conduct video conferencing in a secure way, as well as get information about the weather. The services of these satellites are also used by the White House, the State Department and some U.S. allies.

In 2007 the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement with the Ministry of Defence of Australia, in which the Australian side has agreed to pay $ 707 million for the construction and orbit insertion WGS-6 - the sixth satellite communications system created . In exchange for military Australia can now use Wideband Global Satcom 2030.

WGS first satellite was launched in October 2007 to provide communications between the territory of the West Coast of the United States to Southeast Asia, which is part of the control zone the U.S. Pacific Command. The fifth satellite system in May 2013. Total Boeing plans to build ten such devices.