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Interviews: Tenth Wideband Global SATCOM Launch to Space
Space Systems Command
March 15, 2019 | 5:16
Interviews from the launch of the tenth Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Featuring US Air Force, US Army, and Boeing personnel talking about the significance of the launch and the satellite.

The launch completes the WGS constellation originally planned and becomes the highest military communication system in the United States. This launch is also the second-to-last launch for the Delta IV rocket before it’s retirement from service.

INTERVIEW (In order of appearance):

Capt. Adam Lemmenes, USAF
Lead Systems Engineer, WGS-10
Space and Missile Systems Center
Hometown: Rosendale, Wisconsin

COL. Enrique Costas, US Army
Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission System (PM DCATS)
Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems,
U.S. Army
Hometown: Ponce, Puerto Rico

Dan Ravenscroft
Program Manager, Wideband Global Satellite
Boeing
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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