ViaSat-2

ViaSat-2
Mission typeCommunication
OperatorViaSat
COSPAR ID2017-029A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.42740Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration15 years (planned)
7 years, 5 months, 12 days (elasped)
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerBoeing
Launch mass14,110 lb (6,400 kg)[1]
BOL mass6,418 kg
Start of mission
Launch dateJune 1, 2017
RocketAriane 5
ContractorArianespace
Deployment dateJune 1, 2017
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude69.9° West
Transponders
BandKa-band

ViaSat-2 is a commercial communications satellite launched June 1, 2017 and went live late February 2018. It was advertised to be the world's highest capacity communications satellite with a throughput of 300 Gbit/s, exceeding that of HughesNet EchoStar XIX, which launched in December 2016.[2] It is the second Ka-band satellite launched by ViaSat after ViaSat-1. The satellite provides internet service through ViaSat (Exede prior to rebranding) to North America, parts of South America, including Mexico and the Caribbean, and to air and maritime routes across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.[1]

  1. ^ a b Baumgartner, Jeff (June 2, 2017). "ViaSat 2 Launches With Big Broadband Potential". Multichannel News. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Joe Anselmo and Lee Ann Shay (Apr 26, 2017). "Meet The World's Most Advanced Telecom Satellite". Aviation Week & Space Technology.