Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has confirmed the scheduled launch date for the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite is April 18, 2023, during an approximately one-hour long launch window opening at 7:29 p.m., EDT.
The ViaSat-3 satellite will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The satellite will be sent to GEO by the launch vehicle and will provide broadband services from an orbital slot located at 88.9° west longitude.
The ViaSat-3 class of Ka-band satellites are expected to provide the best bandwidth economics in the industry with substantial flexibility to move and concentrate that capacity virtually anywhere there is demand – whether it is on land, in the ocean or in the air.
The first two satellites are planned to focus on the Americas and on EMEA, respectively, and the ViaSat-3 EMEA satellite is now in environmental testing in Boeing’s El Segundo, California factory.
The third ViaSat-3 satellite is now undergoing final payload integration and testing at Viasat’s Tempe, Arizona, facility and will focus on the Asia Pacific region and will complete Viasat’s global service coverage.