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EXPLORER MSAT-G3 combines Cobham SATCOM’s Push-to-Talk technology, the Ligado Networks SkyTerra 1 satellite, and ViaSat’s low-latency, IP-based L-band Mobile Satellite Services network.
Varsha Rao will serve as a Class III director of ViaSat with an initial term expiring at ViaSat’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
ViaSat plans to launch ViaSat-3 class satellites to become a truly global internet service provider.
ViaSat Inc. was awarded Lot 5 and Lot 5a contracts totaling $88,300,000 from the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to provide MIDS JTRS terminals to the U.S. Navy and Air Force.
ViaSat will develop, field, and support interoperable, affordable, and secure MIDS tactical data link and programmable networking technologies and capabilities for joint, coalition, and international warfighters under the Lot 5 and Lot 5a awards.
The ViaSat-2 satellite launched successfully on 2017-06-01.
ViaSat Inc. received a follow-on contract from Lockheed Martin on 2017-06-14 to deliver datalink communications for the integration and test phase of the U.S. Navy’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program.
The contract requires ViaSat to provide Weapon Data Link L-Band Units to support the LRASM test program’s datalink communications requirements.
ViaSat expects ViaSat-2 will take several months to reach its final orbital destination at 69.9° west longitude.
ViaSat-2 is expected to improve speeds, reduce costs, and expand the footprint of broadband services across North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and a portion of northern South America.
ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) launched the ViaSat-2 satellite aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle.
Arianespace provided launch services for ViaSat-2 using its Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle.
ViaSat-2 will begin orbit raising with its chemical propulsion system, followed by solar array deployments, and will then switch to its electric propulsion system to complete orbit raising over the coming months.
ViaSat-2 was designed to offer high-capacity connectivity and wide coverage with the flexibility to move capacity to where demand requires it.
ViaSat-2 is a geostationary satellite that operates in Ka-band frequencies.
ViaSat-2 is scheduled to launch on 2017-06-01 at 4:45 PM PDT from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
The launch window for ViaSat-2 on 2017-06-01 is one hour in duration, opening at 4:45 PM PDT / 8:45 PM GFT / 11:45 PM UTC.
An Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle will send the 6,418 kg ViaSat-2 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
ViaSat Inc.’s ViaSat-2 satellite was in the final launch preparation stage at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on 2017-05-31.
ViaSat-2 is scheduled to launch on 2017-06-01 at 4:45 p.m. PDT.