KA-Sat

ViaSat’s in-flight internet equipment is optimized to take full advantage of both ViaSat-2 and KA-SAT and is the only equipment available to offer the highest-speed Ka-band connections on EL AL’s TransAtlantic routes.

Eutelsat contributed its current European broadband business including the KA-SAT satellite to the newly formed wholesale entity owned 51% by Eutelsat.

Viasat is working toward closing a deal to buy Eutelsat’s stake in their European joint venture that includes the KA-SAT broadband satellite and a wholesale distribution business.

KA-SAT has provided satellite-based high-speed internet to thousands of Ukrainians for a decade.

On February 24, 2022, a cyberattack against the commercial satellite network of the U.S. company Viasat disrupted tens of thousands of satellite modems and affected thousands of wind turbines in Germany.

Eutelsat blamed a nearly 8 percent decline in its fixed broadband business on RetailCo, a direct-to-consumer broadband business led by Viasat using Eutelsat’s KA-SAT satellite.

Prior to Viasat’s purchase, Eutelsat owned 51% and Viasat owned 49% of Euro Broadband Infrastructure, which operated KA-SAT and a wholesale broadband distribution business.

By gaining full control of KA-SAT, Viasat can further expand its mobility business and establish operations and market presence ahead of the ViaSat-3 service launch.

Viasat will purchase the remaining assets of the European joint venture it established with Eutelsat Communications for 140,000,000 EUR, including the KA-SAT broadband satellite.

Viasat’s Global Aero Terminal 5510 provides internet connectivity from California to the Mediterranean when communicating with ViaSat-1, ViaSat-2, and KA-SAT.

Viasat’s Global Aero Terminal 5510 can communicate with the ViaSat-1, ViaSat-2, and KA-SAT satellite platforms to provide internet connectivity from California to the Mediterranean.

Viasat’s KA-SAT geostationary satellite suffered service disruptions in Ukraine and other parts of Europe starting 2022-02-24 that Viasat attributed to a cyber event.

Viasat acquired the KA-SAT satellite from its joint venture with Eutelsat Communications in 2020.

KA-SAT was acquired by Viasat from Eutelsat in 2021 and is a Ka-band satellite that originally launched in December 2010.