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The Viasat-Inmarsat transaction was announced in November 2021 and was valued at $7,300,000,000 through a mix of cash and shares.
The Competition and Markets Authority launched an in-depth Phase 2 investigation into the Viasat-Inmarsat deal in October after a Phase 1 review identified concerns it could lead to more expensive and poorer quality Wi-Fi for plane passengers.
Viasat and Inmarsat had aimed to complete the deal by 2023-03-08 before it became the subject of in-depth regulatory investigations.
Panasonic expanded its partnership with Viasat to offer high-level security drives across the TOUGHBOOK range.
The third ViaSat-3 satellite completed final payload integration and testing at Viasat’s Tempe, Arizona facility.
Viasat built the XVI satellite for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a $10,000,000 contract awarded in 2019.
Viasat expected the third ViaSat-3 to be shipped to Boeing for integration and to launch a little over a year after the second satellite’s schedules.
ViaSat developed the payload for each ViaSat-3 satellite internally and is using a Boeing 702-based chassis for the spacecraft.
Each ViaSat-3 satellite is designed to deliver roughly three times the capacity Viasat provided over the Americas with the ViaSat-2 satellite launched in 2017.
SpaceX launched the Americas-focused ViaSat-3 broadband satellite on a Falcon Heavy rocket on 2023-04-30.
Viasat had a contract to launch its third ViaSat-3 on Arianespace’s Ariane 6 but Viasat is seeking a different launch vehicle following delays in Ariane 6’s entry into service.
Each ViaSat-3 satellite is designed to provide more than 1,000 gigabits per second of capacity.
The ViaSat-3 mission had at one point been scheduled for 2023-04-18, but was delayed to 2023-04-26 following a static-fire test.
Viasat successfully launched ViaSat-3 Americas aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The second ViaSat-3 satellite was undergoing final integration and tests at Boeing’s facilities ahead of a planned Atlas V launch by United Launch Alliance in fall 2023.
ViaSat estimated it will take close to three weeks for ViaSat-3 Americas to reach its final geostationary position at 88.9 degrees West.
Viasat expects it will take less than three weeks for ViaSat-3 to reach its final orbital destination located at 88.9° west longitude.
Severe weather in Florida on 2023-04-27 produced hail, tornadoes, and lightning that disrupted the ViaSat-3 launch campaign.
The other side booster on the ViaSat-3 Americas Falcon Heavy mission previously supported Arabsat-6A and STP-2.
The ViaSat-3 Americas mission launched to geostationary orbit on 2023-04-30 from Kennedy Space Center.