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Boeing Receives GPS IIF Modernization Approval

SEAL BEACH, Calif., March 13, 2002 -- The Boeing-built S0 (starboard zero) truss segment for the International Space Station is scheduled to fly to the orbital outpost April 4, 2002, aboard space shuttle Atlantis.

Boeing Human Space Flight & Exploration (HSF&E) built the truss at its Huntington Beach, Calif. plant. Additional work on the S0, including pre-launch assembly and testing, was done at Boeing facilities in Huntsville, Ala., and at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The S0 is one of five truss segments that will eventually span more than 300 feet to carry power, data and environmental services throughout the space station.

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], through its Space and Communications (S&C) division, is the prime contractor for the International Space Station and is responsible for design, development and operation of the orbital outpost.

Also flying with the S0 is the mobile transporter system (MTS), which creates a movable base for the station's Canadian-built robotic arm, Canadarm2. After the mobile base system (MBS) is delivered in May, the robotic arm will be able to move along the truss to deliver equipment and supplies to far reaches of the station and to assist astronauts during on-orbit assembly.

Boeing S&C, headquartered in Seal Beach, Calif., is the world's largest space and communications company. A unit of The Boeing Company, S&C provides integrated solutions in launch services, human space flight and exploration, missile defense, and information and communications. It is NASA's largest contractor; a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; and a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The global enterprise has customers worldwide and manufacturing operations throughout the United States and Australia.

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