ViaSat, a US-based global broadband services and technology company, in partnership with Boeing, has unveiled the ViaSat-3 Satellite – an ultra-high capacity satellite capable of providing 100+ Mbps broadband to any home.
The ViaSat-3 Satellite platform is comprised of three ViaSat-3 class satellites with state-of-the-art ground network infrastructure. It boasts a network capacity of over 1 Terabit per second which, according to the company, is equal to the total capacity of all commercial satellites in space today.
The ViaSat-3 platform aims to serve its customers by:
• Delivering a 100+ Megabit per second (Mbps) residential internet service, enabling 4K ultra-high definition video streaming;
• Supporting each aircraft with hundreds of Mbps of in-flight connectivity services and video streaming for commercial airlines, business jets and high-value government aircraft;
• Providing up to 1-Gigabit per second (Gbps) speeds for use in maritime, oceanic and other corporate enterprise applications such as oil and gas platforms; and
• Offering affordable satellite Wi-Fi connectivity to the billions of unconnected people in emerging markets.
ViaSat and Boeing Satellite Systems are already working on the first two ViaSat-3 satellites, and is expected to launch by 2019.The first two satellites will focus on the Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), respectively, with a third satellite system planned for the Asia Pacific region, completing ViaSat’s global service coverage.
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