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In March, approximately nine months before the Inmarsat acquisition was announced, Viasat opened cybersecurity and network operations centers in the United Kingdom.
Viasat delayed the first ViaSat-3 satellite it is building in partnership with Boeing until late summer due to impacts related to COVID-19.
The Sweden site could eventually host four Viasat antennas and already hosts several international customers with Viasat as a key partner.
Viasat’s VISION platform passed system testing and has been in operational service since 2019 for the NATO Communications and Information Agency as part of its UHF SATCOM modernization efforts.
Viasat provided the VISION platform to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence to expand UHF Skynet satellite network capability.
Viasat’s VISION management software achieved U.S. Department of Defense Joint Interoperability Test Command Integrated Waveform certification on 2022-02-15.
The low-Earth-orbit relay capability will enable Viasat Real-Time Earth customers to reduce latency to support new business opportunities in Earth observation and other sectors.
Viasat RTE enables operators of GEO, MEO, and LEO satellites to use S-, X-, and Ka-band frequencies to meet current and future data requirements.
Viasat is setting up its first high-latitude Real-Time Earth facility to meet increasing demand from Earth observation companies deploying satellites to sun-synchronous orbits.
The new Sweden RTE facility is expected to host four Viasat full-motion 7.3-meter S-/X-/Ka-band antennas and associated infrastructure.
Viasat seeks opportunities to co-locate antennas with data centers following a trend pioneered by Amazon’s AWS Ground Station service in 2018.
Viasat has an agreement with Arctic Space Technologies to establish and host Viasat’s first high-latitude Real-Time Earth facility in Öjebyn, Sweden.
Viasat plans to deploy antennas in South Africa and northern Japan next as part of its effort to complete a global footprint 2022.
Viasat’s first Swedish Real-Time Earth ground station is planned to be operational by April 2022.
Viasat plans to add the capability for ViaSat-3 to communicate with low-Earth-orbiting satellites to enable data relays between ground points and LEO spacecraft.
Viasat’s Real-Time Earth network completed its first full year of operations in 2021 after deploying antennas in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Argentina, and Ghana.
Viasat expects the first of three next-generation ViaSat-3 high-throughput broadband satellites to be launched to geostationary orbit in late summer.
Viasat is seeking to acquire British satellite operator Inmarsat through a $7,300,000,000 deal.
Viasat’s Real-Time Earth network will use the ViaSat-3 constellation to provide a data-relay service to low Earth orbit satellites.
Viasat plans to deploy additional antennas to southern Japan, Malaysia, and Canada and possibly second antennas at some existing sites after completing the South Africa and northern Japan deployments.