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ViaSat-3 EMEA will serve Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Eutelsat decided to forgo splitting the cost of the $650,000,000 ViaSat-3 EMEA satellite.
The ViaSat-2 spacecraft that launched last year on an Ariane 5 was originally slated to launch on Falcon Heavy.
Designing the ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific satellite presents more difficult regulatory and geographic coverage challenges than the two ViaSat-3 satellites already under construction.
Viasat’s Hybrid Adaptive Network (HAN) will provide a global, redundant system allowing the Canadian government and military to access Viasat’s Ku-band networks, Ka-band networks, and the Mercury Global Project/Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system.
NBN is allowing Viasat to use the Ka-band Sky Muster satellites to provide inflight Wi-Fi to Qantas Airways.
Viasat ordered the first two ViaSat-3 satellites from Boeing in early 2016.
The third ViaSat-3 satellite will complete Viasat’s global Ka-band coverage with a trio of broadband satellites each capable of at least a terabit of capacity.
Embraer is the first original equipment manufacturer to select Viasat’s Ka-band connectivity solution for the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 airframes.
Viasat’s Global Aero Terminal 5510 will use ViaSat-1, ViaSat-2, and European Ka-band satellite platforms today.
Initial connectivity speeds offered on the Viasat system for Embraer Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 jets are 16 Mbps, with planned increases as Viasat brings more capacity online.
Embraer selected Viasat’s high-speed, high-capacity Ka-band connectivity solution for its Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 executive jets.
Viasat and Honeywell expanded an agreement for Honeywell’s GoDirect Cabin Connectivity suite to offer Viasat’s Ka-band in-flight internet service to large and mid-cabin business jet customers.
Viasat’s business aviation in-flight internet service uses Viasat’s Ka-band satellite communications network and the Global Aero Terminal 5510 business-class shipset.
Viasat’s Ku-band service is included at no additional service cost on all Ka-band plans of 40 GB and larger when provided via GoDirect and when the aircraft is properly equipped with Viasat’s dual-band Ka-/Ku-band shipset.
Viasat equips more than 2,000 Ka-band flights daily with Ka-band connectivity.
GoDirect will offer Viasat Ka-band service to new Viasat customers and to current Viasat Ku-band customers interested in migrating to or adding Viasat Ka-band service.
The dual-band capability requires aircraft to be properly equipped with Viasat’s dual-band, Ka-/Ku-band shipset.
Viasat paid Eutelsat 132,500,000 EUR for a 49 percent stake in KA-SAT.
ViaSat-3 Americas is expected to launch in the second half of 2020.