$350-Million Spacecraft - Unload Carefully

$350-Million Spacecraft - Unload Carefully
by Staff Writers
Travis AFB CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2009

(U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chris Hennion)

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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