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The ViaSat-3 Americas satellite launched on 2023-04-30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
The deployment problem does not affect current services provided by Viasat but impacts plans for new broadband services in North America that the ViaSat-3 Americas spacecraft would have offered.
Viasat ordered the first two ViaSat-3 spacecraft from Boeing in February 2016.
The three-satellite ViaSat-3 system was designed to provide a combined 3 Terabits per second of throughput capacity.
Viasat will share additional information on the status of the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite and any necessary contingency plans during its earnings call planned for 2023-08-09.
Viasat ordered a third ViaSat-3 spacecraft in February 2019 to extend coverage over the Asia-Pacific region.
All three Boeing-built ViaSat-3 satellites were designed around Viasat-provided Ka-band payloads.
Viasat plans to share additional information on the status of the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite and any necessary contingency plans during its earnings call planned for 2023-08-09.
Astranis launched its debut satellite Arcturus on 2024-04-30 as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying the 6,400-kilogram ViaSat-3 broadband satellite.
Viasat acquired Inmarsat and is acting through the recently acquired Inmarsat business on Iris program activities.
ATLAS Space Operations partnered with Viasat Real-Time Earth in early 2023 to include Viasat’s ground antenna network in the ATLAS Global Federated Network.
Viasat and Space Norway completed thermal vacuum testing of the first of two satellites for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission on 2023-06-29.
Rick Baldridge was President and Chief Executive Officer of Viasat from November 2020 until he assumed the role of Vice Chairman in July 2022.
Rick Baldridge will retire from his role as Vice Chairman of Viasat, effective 2023-06-30, and will remain a member of Viasat’s Board of Directors.
Viasat received a $10,000,000 task order from the Air Force Research Laboratory for the Viasat-3 space terminal.
After completing its acquisition of Inmarsat, Viasat operates 19 satellites in geostationary orbit.
The $10,000,000 task order is part of a seven-year contract worth up to $50,000,000 that the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Viasat in 2020 for satellite communications technologies and services.
Viasat will deliver a space-qualified Ka-band terminal that will be launched to orbit on a LEO satellite and serve as a data communications relay to the ViaSat-3 network.
Satellite operator Viasat launched the first of three planned Viasat-3 Ka-band broadband satellites on 2023-04-30.
Viasat plans the AFRL mission to be the first pathfinder demonstration of the company’s space relay service expected to become available in late 2025.