Viasat: Viasat-3 F2 satellite launch slips to late this year, co’s US fixed broadband business badly needs it; a maritime turnaround?

by Peter B. de Selding

TUPPER LAKE, NY — Satellite hardware and service provider Viasat Inc. has again delayed the launch of its second Viasat-3 1-Tbps-capacity satellite and now expects it will deliver the spacecraft to the launch site in September for a launch lager this year aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.

It is expected to be in service by early 2026.

The third Viasat-3 satellite, this one with an L3Harris deployable mesh antenna — the two others have Northrop Grumman

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