TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX launched the Americas-focused ViaSat-3 broadband satellite on a Falcon Heavy rocket April 30 following delays partly caused by severe weather that included lightning and tornado warnings. The Falcon Heavy lifted off 8:26 p.m. Eastern from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, toward geostationary orbit (GEO) in the […]
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WASHINGTON — The biggest known cyberattack of the Ukraine war happened more than a year ago when Russian hackers targeted satellite modems and knocked Viasat’s KA-SAT customers offline in Ukraine and other parts of Europe. Viasat, a global communications firm based in Carlsbad, California, used the lessons from that attack […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Through a partnership with Viasat Real-Time Earth, Atlas Space Operations will expand its antenna network and offer customers access to larger antennas, the company announced March 9. Early this year, Atlas owned and operated antennas at 13 sites. Michigan-based company added 11 sites by joining forces with […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Viasat said March 2 it is partnering with Ligado Networks to break into the emerging market for providing satellite services directly to consumer smartphones and other devices. While Viasat is best known for satellites that provide broadband in Ka-band spectrum, the operator has used L-band from Ligado’s […]
TAMPA, Fla. — The U.K. provisionally cleared Viasat’s plan to buy London-based Inmarsat March 1 after finding the deal would not substantially reduce competition for providing Wi-Fi on planes. The approval by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is subject to a public consultation, and the deal also still […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Viasat’s plan to buy Inmarsat faces more delays after Europe launched an in-depth probe Feb. 13 into whether it would reduce competition for providing Wi-Fi on planes. Europe’s investigation aims to ensure the deal “does not lead to higher prices and lesser quality” inflight connectivity (IFC) services on […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Viasat is exploring hybrid narrowband direct-to-smartphone services using satellites in geostationary and non-geostationary orbits, CEO Mark Dankberg said Feb. 8. There is “plenty that can be done both at GEO as well as at non-GEO,” Dankberg said while addressing the SmallSat Symposium in Mountain View, California, and […]
WASHINGTON — The White House on Feb. 3 announced the appointment of new members to President Biden’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Among the newly selected members of the NSTAC are Johnathon Caldwell, vice president of military space at Lockheed Martin, and Mark Dankberg, chairman and CEO of telecommunications satellite […]