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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...

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Viasat has petitioned the FCC to conduct an environmental review of rival SpaceX's plan for Starlink, arguing that the resulting constellation of thousands of broadband satellites could be hazardous to the Earth's atmosphere, boost the risk of space debris-causing collisions and generate massive amounts of light pollution. Viasat's ask, explained in this December 22 filing with the FCC, stems from SpaceX's proposal to modify its deployment by lowering the orbital altitude of nearly 3,000 Starlink satellites. As Space News points out, satellite systems have enjoyed a categorical exemption fr...

Viasat says Elon Musk criticized an executive 'not involved' in the company's FCC petition against Starlink dmosher@businessinsider.com (Dave Mosher) © Provided by Business Insider Elon Musk, the founder, CEO, and chief designer of SpaceX. Susan Walsh/AP Photo SpaceX is making an unprecedented push to deploy network of nearly 12,000 internet-beaming Starlink satellites by mid-2027. Traditional satellite-internet companies like Viasat have opposed aspects of such projects with the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates them. Viasat recently triggered the ire of E...

The year 2020 was eventful for the satellite industry in many ways. From the FCC‘s final C-band spectrum clearing offer, to the Intelsat and OneWeb bankruptcies (and OneWeb’s sale), and SpaceX‘s numerous s Starlink satellite launches throughout the year. Here is a look back at some of Via Satellite‘s most popular stories and most-read executive interviews of the year.