ViaSat-3

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.

The first ViaSat-3 payload module structure, built by Boeing, arrived at Viasat’s Tempe, Arizona facility on or before 2018-08-30.

As of February 10, 2020, Viasat indicated the first ViaSat-3 launch was planned for mid-2021.

Through 100% ownership of EBI, Viasat will be better equipped to execute its distribution strategy and onboard new local partners ahead of the ViaSat-3 services launch.

Viasat expects to launch its first ViaSat-3 satellite in 2020 on either a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, an Arianespace Ariane 5, or a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5.

Viasat expects its first of three Viasat-3 satellites, each designed to provide more than 1,000 Gbps of capacity, to be ready to enter service at 88.9 degrees West over the Americas in mid-summer following the Falcon Heavy launch.

Viasat is building the payloads for its three ViaSat-3 satellites in its clean room in Tempe, Arizona and is relying on Boeing for the spacecraft platforms.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch the first high-throughput ViaSat-3 satellite into geostationary orbit to cover the Americas.

Viasat plans to deploy the second ViaSat-3 satellite, covering Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, roughly six months after ViaSat-3 Americas.

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.

Viasat's contingency options for ViaSat-3 Americas include building a replacement satellite from scratch, buying capacity from other operators, redeploying spacecraft from Viasat’s current fleet of 19 satellites, or reallocating one of its two upcoming ViaSat-3 satellites to cover the Americas.

Viasat plans to launch a large telecom satellite on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket between 2020 and 2022.

Viasat plans the Atlas V launch for one ViaSat-3 satellite to occur between 2020 and 2022.

Viasat is working with SpaceX to target a launch of the first ViaSat-3 in the earlier part of the first quarter of 2023, contingent on the timing of some U.S. national priority launches using the same Falcon Heavy launchpad.

Viasat plans to deploy three Ka-band ViaSat-3 satellites to geostationary orbit.

JetBlue will have access to additional coverage and capacity offered by ViaSat’s ViaSat-2 and ViaSat-3 satellite platforms.

Viasat is spending significant resources on its ViaSat-3 geostationary satellites.

The third ViaSat-3 satellite completed final payload integration and testing at Viasat’s Tempe, Arizona facility.

Viasat expected on 2022-11-08 that its first ViaSat-3 broadband satellite would not be ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in 2022.

Eutelsat cancelled an investment in Viasat’s ViaSat-3 and is building a separate 500 Gbps satellite for Europe with Thales Alenia Space.