ViaSat-3

Viasat planned to test ViaSat-3 capabilities later in 2021 in preparation for the ViaSat-3 launch.

In a February filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Viasat estimated it would spend $1,200,000,000 to $1,400,000,000 to deploy the first two ViaSat-3 satellites.

The third ViaSat-3 satellite, targeting the Asia Pacific region and slated to launch six months after the second, is in final payload tests at Viasat’s Tempe, Arizona, facility.

Viasat expects the first ViaSat-3 satellite to be shipped from Boeing’s manufacturing facilities in California to SpaceX’s launchpad in Florida in time for a launch in the first quarter of 2023.

Each ViaSat-3 satellite is designed to deliver roughly three times the broadband capacity of Viasat’s ViaSat-2 satellite that launched in 2017.

Viasat built the ViaSat-3 payload and integrated it with a chassis provided by Boeing for tests that will continue into early 2022.

The ViaSat-3 satellite is one of three satellites in a constellation that Viasat is building with Boeing to provide global high-throughput Ka-band services.

Viasat is planning to truck its first ViaSat-3 satellite from California across the United States to Florida for a launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy later 2022.

Viasat has three next-generation ViaSat-3 Ka-band satellites under construction with Boeing designed to offer at least a terabit of capacity each.

The third ViaSat-3 satellite will complete Viasat’s global Ka-band coverage with a trio of broadband satellites each capable of at least a terabit of capacity.

Viasat initially planned to deploy the first ViaSat-3 satellite in 2019 before supply chain issues and pandemic-related delays pushed it into 2022.