Mobile Deployable Communications 2019

With the ability to effectively communicate driving the tempo of the modern battlespace, the need to know ‘where I am, where my friends are and where the enemy is’ remains fundamental for the success of any operation.

This critical req…

Viasat shrinks MEO constellation plans

As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission prepares to vote on satellite constellations from four companies in mid-November, another satellite operator is reducing the size of its proposed constellation.

Viasat books Falcon Heavy for ViaSat-3 launch

Fleet operator Viasat of Carlsbad, California, plans to launch a large telecom satellite on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket between 2020 and 2022.

Satellite Innovation

Satellite Innovation is the most significant satellite show the west coast has ever seen. Jam-packed sessions full of significant content are peppered with Silicon Valley Innovators leveraging today’s latest technology into the SatCom markets. …

Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured

United Launch Alliance and satellite operator Viasat are defending the “competed” status of a launch contract that other launch companies say they had no part in.

VSAT Global & Next Generation Satellite Applications

Satellite is on the brink of a new era. With many changes in the industry, new business models on the horizon and plenty of innovators are revolutionizing the satellite space, the 20th VSAT Global & Next Generation Satellite Applications event…

Satellite operators spar on spectrum sharing

Chief executives of satellite operators took sharply divergent views on working with terrestrial mobile operators on access to spectrum, with some advocating for negotiations while another warned of making any deals.

Viasat books ULA Atlas 5 for a ViaSat-3 satellite launch

United Launch Alliance beat out SpaceX and Arianespace to win a launch contract for an upcoming Viasat satellite.

FIRST UP Satcom | Viasat wins $122.5M FCC subsidy • Gilat suppling ground equipment for Yamal-601 • Avanti eyes DoD business with Comsat

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Viasat’s Dankberg explains medium Earth orbit thinking, global expansion strategy

Viasat is still working on a medium-Earth-orbit satellite constellation idea revealed almost two years ago, but has not finalized what that system would look like, Mark Dankberg, CEO of Viasat, said Aug. 9.

FIRST UP Satcom | Arabsat refutes World Cup piracy involvement • Court lifts ban on Telebras-Viasat deal • Spanish MoD to buy two satellites

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Satcom companies willing to partner with China to gain market access

Multiple satellite communications companies say they are willing to team up with Chinese companies in order to sell into its sizeable but regulatorily challenging market.

Viasat leases Hylas-4 capacity from Avanti

Viasat on June 25 acquired a quarter of the steerable capacity on Avanti’s newest satellite, Hylas-4, providing fresh Ka-band resources the company can use anywhere from the Americas across the Atlantic to the Middle East.

KT Sat eyes North Korean business • Outdoor Wi-Fi interfering with Globalstar constellation • Viasat buys British defense company

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SES, with FCC’s blessing, says O3b constellation can reach global coverage

SES says its constellation of medium Earth orbit O3b satellites now has the ability to expand from an equatorial system to a global system thanks to new approvals from U.S. telecom regulators.

Arabsat Falcon Heavy mission slated for December-January timeframe

SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch with a commercial satellite is scheduled to occur around the end of the year, according to customer Arabsat.