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The ViaSat-3 Americas mission, SpaceX’s second, Falcon Heavy launch of 2023, was successfully launched to GEO on April 30th from Kennedy Space Center after three, previous launch holds.
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Also on board this mission is Astranis‘ first, MicroGEO satellite and Gravity Space’s GS-1 satellite.
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One of the side boosters on this mission previously supported Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, KPLO, and three Starlink missions, and the second previously supported launch of Arabsat-6A and STP-2.
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ViaSat-3 is a global satellite constellation that consists of three, high-capacity, Ka-band satellites that will increase the coverage and capacity of the Viasat network to bring high-quality, low-cost connectivity where it’s needed most.
With the ViaSat-3 constellation, Viasat anticipates offering unprecedented bandwidth productivity that helps the company to keep pace with growing marketplace demand and fuels innovation in the marketplace — while significantly growing the company’s total addressable market (TAM) and enabling us to focus on delivering higher margin services, including real-time earth and space networking.
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