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Carlsbad satellite Internet and defense contractor Viasat posted solid financial results Thursday for its fiscal third quarter but also revealed that the launch date for its first terabit-class satellite has been delayed because production slowdowns associated with COVID-19.
The blastoff of the first of three ViaSat-3 satellites each with 1,000 gigabits of capacity was expected late this year. Now it has been moved back to the first quarter of 2022.
“The COVID spike we’ve seen in the quarter, especially in Arizona where our payload facility is located, those things haven’t really worked in our favor,” said Chief Executive Rick Baldridge in a conference call with analysts. “It has caused some intermittent work delays, both internally and with our supply chain. That, unfortunately, has moved back our first launch.”
Viasat s plan to launch and activate a new constellation of ViaSat-3 satellites has been slowed by the pandemic, but the company is already discussing potential capacity targets for a next-gen broadband satellite.
That satellite, dubbed ViaSat-4, could be powerful enough to support capacities of between 5 Tbit/s to 7 Tbit/s, Viasat Chairman and a Co-Founder Mark Dankberg said Thursday on the company s fiscal Q3 2021 earnings call.
Artist rendering of a ViaSat-3 satellite. Though the pandemic has slowed down its plans, Viasat is working to deploy three new satellites in the coming years that, together, will provide global coverage.
(Source: Viasat)
Viasat has reached a distribution agreement with
Sky Brasil, the largest satellite pay TV operator in Brazil, for its satellite internet service. In the agreement announced Tuesday, Sky will sell, install, and provide on-site service for Viasat internet service. Viasat said this association gives the company a strategic local partner and channel to meet its goal of offering connectivity options to all Brazilians.
Viasat launched residential internet service in Brazil in July 2020, and by October 2020, the company reported that it was the first satellite Internet Service Provider (ISP) to offer high-speed broadband connectivity across 100% of the country. The service uses capacity from
Viasat to Participate in the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Growth Conference
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CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, announced today that Rick Baldridge, Viasat s president & CEO, will participate in the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Growth Conference on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, from 12:30pm EST to 1:10pm EST.
A live webcast of the presentation will be provided through the Events & Presentations section of Viasat s Investor Relations website. An archive of the webcast presentation will also be made available on the Company s Investor Relations Events & Presentations section for approximately one-year following the event.
Viasat checks in with Delta to boost in-air connectivity
US airline adds next-generation Ka-band satellite technology to mainline fleet to help modernise how passengers stay connected and enjoy content during travel
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The airline industry may be in crisis mode right now, but for airlines such as Delta, offering an enhanced passenger experience is the key to future profitability. The company’s next step in this regard is to introduce Viasat next-generation Ka-band satellite in-flight connectivity (IFC).
Viasat and Delta’s relationship is designed to lay the groundwork towards a true full, fast and free in-flight internet experience, as well as future enhancements and personalisation on customer seatback screens.