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@viasat
Viasat
1 year
A launch delay won't dampen our spirits – we're just as excited to launch #ViaSat3Americas into orbit! Who's ready for tomorrow?! 🙌🚀🛰
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1 year
We are targeting 8:26 p.m. ET for liftoff – in the meantime, our teams are keeping an eye on ground winds. The #ViaSat3Americas mission broadcast begins about 15 minutes before liftoff, tune in: Image credit: @SpaceX
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#ICYMI The first of three ViaSat-3 satellites at the @Boeing factory in El Segundo, Calif., completed vibration tests, one of the milestones that qualify a spacecraft for the rigors of launch and harshness of space. Learn more about this milestone at:
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Confirming first signals have been received. 📡 Next up: #ViaSat3Americas will deploy its solar arrays and drift to its final orbital location at 88.9° west longitude.
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#ViaSat3Americas has successfully launched! 🛰 Many thanks to @SpaceX @BoeingSpace and our #Viasat team for their innovation and dedication to make it happen. 👏 🔗 Read our release:
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4 years
We're pleased to announce the appointment of Former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) Chief and former Oklahoma Congressman James “Jim” Bridenstine to our Board of Directors: $VSAT
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A satellite haiku for you: Connecting the world, 🌎 An orbiting satellite, 🛰 Up in space it flies. 💫 Video credit: @SpaceX
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3, 2, 1...LIFTOFF! 🚀 #ViaSat3Americas has lifted off from LC-39A onboard @SpaceX ’s #FalconHeavy rocket.
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1 year
#ViaSat3Americas has successfully separated from #FalconHeavy . Now begins the journey to geostationary orbit, 22,236 miles above the equator. Waiting on first signals.
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1 year
The #ViaSat3Americas mission broadcast has just begun – tune in now! 🚀🛰 Image credit: SpaceX
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1 year
Let’s try that again - #Viasat3Americas is rescheduled for launch tonight from @NASAKennedy 's Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) in Florida. Our 57-minute launch window opens at 7:29 p.m. ET. 🚀We'll be providing updates all day! In the meantime, learn more:
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1 year
The weather is favorable for tonight’s #ViaSat3Americas mission aboard the #FalconHeavy —launch window opening at 7:29 p.m. ET. Stay tuned for ViaSat-3 Americas mission updates. #ViaSat3 #Viasat #spacex
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1 year
The ViaSat-3 Americas mission; vehicle and payload remain healthy. The team is now targeting Sunday, April 30, which forecasts an 80% chance of favorable conditions during Falcon Heavy's launch window opening at 7:29 p.m. ET. 🚀 Stay tuned for ViaSat-3 Americas mission updates!
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#ViaSat3Americas has successfully deployed its solar arrays. 🛰☀️ The satellite is continuing its ascent into its orbital slot. #SatelliteReimagined 🔗 #ViaSat3 FAQs:
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🔥🚀✨🛰 Images 1, 4: @johnkrausphotos Images 2, 3: @spacex
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Approved for liftoff ✅🚦 The #Viasat3Americas mission broadcast is scheduled to begin in about 10 minutes. 🚀 Tune in: #viasat3 #viasat #spacex #falconheavy
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#ViaSat3Americas has reached geostationary orbit. Sitting 22,236 miles above the equator, #ViaSat3 Americas is expected to provide coverage to North and South America once in service. Learn more about #SatelliteReimagined :
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1 year
Photos from the Florida Space Coast 📍🚀🛰 #viasat3 #viasat3americas
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We have liftoff! 🚀 @Space_Norway 's #ASBM satellites have been launched aboard a @spacex #Falcon9 rocket and are on their way to #HEO orbit. Once in service the GX10 payloads onboard are designed to extend Viasat’s satcoms footprint over the Arctic:
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✷    .   🛰 · * ✧ 🌓˚   ˚ * . 🪐   * Happy #SpaceDay !  * ⋆   . ·  ˚  ⋆     ˚ ˚  ☽  ✦   ⋆ ·   * 🌎 ⋆     ⋆ ✧    ·   ✧ ✵   · 🚀 ⋆ ˚ * ✧
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What makes up the #ViaSat3 constellation? 🛰 1️⃣ ViaSat-3 Americas: covering North and South America 2️⃣ ViaSat-3 EMEA: covering Europe, Middle East and Africa 3️⃣ ViaSat-3 APAC: covering Asia Pacific Learn more:
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1 year
We’re just a few days away from the scheduled launch of #ViaSat3Americas ! Learn more about our constellation of 3 ultra-high-capacity Ka-band satellites: 🛰
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1 year
Due to weather, ViaSat-3 Americas launch rescheduled for Friday, April 28th with a launch window opening at 7:29 p.m. ET.
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ICYMI – launch day is tomorrow! 🚀 Launch is targeted for August 11 at 7:02 p.m. PT 📍 The Space Norway HEO satellites will be launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, onboard @SpaceX 's Falcon 9 rocket Don’t miss our launch updates:
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1 year
Do you know what happens right before T-0? 🙏 Final weather + safety checks 🔌 Spacecraft goes on internal power 🔥 27 booster engine ignite 🚀 Hold down clamps released & liftoff! #ViaSat3 #RocketLaunch #FalconHeavy
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1 year
A new era begins! Welcome @InmarsatGlobal to the Viasat team. 🛰 We look forward to a bright future ahead, combining our expertise and technology to meet the demands of our global customers. #WeAreViasat
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The @spacex #Falcon9 rocket carrying @Space_Norway 's #ASBM satellites has been rolled out to the launchpad at Vandenberg Space Force Base! 🚀 T-30 minutes to launch. Mission broadcast begins soon – tune in:
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Viasat
3 years
Payload integration on our first ViaSat-3 satellite is complete, and it has arrived at the Boeing Satellite Systems facility to undergo final spacecraft integration and testing in preparation for launch, targeted for early calendar year 2022. Read more:
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2 years
An empty @AirlinesAntonov can only mean one thing... #ViaSat3Americas has arrived at the Florida Space Coast! Up next: final testing before launch with @SpaceX onboard the #FalconHeavy rocket. 🚀 More on #ViaSat3 :
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3 years
BREAKING NEWS: Viasat, @InmarsatGlobal announced a definitive agreement where $VSAT will acquire Inmarsat, creating a leading global comms innovator w/enhanced scale & scope to affordably, securely & reliably connect the world. Release: #ViaasatInmarsat
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1 year
It’s a beautiful day to launch a satellite! 🚀 We’re at @NASAKennedy ’s LC-39A, getting ready to deploy #ViaSat3Americas . Launch window is scheduled for 7:29 p.m. ET – find the livestream here:
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Excited to partner with @RocketLab to showcase on-demand, low-latency data relay services for #LEO #satellites as part of our work with NASA CSP. Learn how this will deliver greater flexibility in managing mission data:
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5 years
We’re thrilled to be working with Mississippi native and @Padres right fielder @Hunter_Renfroe to bring the local community free live video streams of youth #baseball games taking place at legendary @SnowdenBaseball Park with @EasleyBaseballC ! #MLB
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1 year
How #ViaSat3Americas will rise to orbit 👇 1️⃣ #FalconHeavy outputs 5mil lbs of thrust 🚀 to break through atmosphere 2️⃣ Once orbit is reached, boosters break away from 🛰 3️⃣ #ViaSat3Americas deploys solar arrays 4️⃣ Switch to electric propulsion 🔥 & drift into GEO 🪐
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1 year
We’re pleased to announce that the proposed acquisition of @InmarsatGlobal has received approval from the U.S. @FCC ! We’re looking forward to an expected deal-close later this month.
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. @Space_Norway ’s #ASBM satellites hosting the #GX10 high-speed broadband payloads, have successfully arrived in HEO orbit 44,0000 km over the northern hemisphere/8,000 km over the southern hemisphere. Both solar arrays and reflectors are fully deployed. 🛰️
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1 year
Earlier today, Viasat's proposed acquisition of @InmarsatGlobal received unconditional clearance from @CMAgovUK UK's Competition and Markets Authority, which allows the deal to proceed without remedies. Read more here:
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1 year
From factory floor to launch pad, and on to space - #ViaSat3Americas will soon take flight! Check out the journey from El Segunda, CA to orbit. 🪐🚀🛰 #ViaSat3
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1 year
@SpaceX Let’s do this.
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6 years
Viasat, Boeing reach agreement to build a third ViaSat-3 satellite for APAC. This third satellite will complete Viasat’s global constellation, focused on delivering economically-sustainable connectivity worldwide. #InternetAnywhere #BroadbandForAll
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ICYMI – rewatch the moment we launched #ViaSat3Americas into orbit onboard @SpaceX 's Falcon Heavy rocket. 🚀 #SatelliteReimagined
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Viasat
3 years
We’re building the next big thing in space – and unlocking opportunity for all. #VS3
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3 years
Viasat is providing an overview and incident report on the cyber-attack against the KA-SAT network, which occurred on 24 February 2022, and resulted in a partial interruption of KA-SAT’s consumer-oriented satellite broadband service. Report here:
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Viasat
7 years
BREAKING - ViaSat-2 Satellite Reaches Geostationary Orbit; Successfully Receives and Transmits First Data from Space: $VSAT #ViasatInc
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1 year
ViaSat-3 Americas launch now scheduled for Thursday, April 27th at 7:29 p.m. ET.
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It’s a beautiful day to launch a satellite! 🚀🛰️ 🎥 Broadcast for the @Space_Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, carrying the GX10 payloads, begins at 6:45 p.m. PT. 🚀 Launch window opens at 7:02 p.m. PT. More here:
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1 year
It's not just a new satellite design, it's a new way to build satellites. We're unlocking a new era. Launching tomorrow. 🛰
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6 years
J.D. and his family live 17 miles from town, in the middle of a National Forest. They were also early adopters of Viasat Internet 5 years ago - and still use our service to stay connected while living off the grid.
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7 years
BREAKING - Viasat Unveils New Global Brand Identity: $VSAT #ViasatRebrand
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Do you know how long it takes for #ViaSat3Americas to reach geostationary orbit? 🚀🛰🪐 #ViaSat3 #SatelliteReimagined #RocketLaunch
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1 year
Introducing ✨Starlight✨ — the official #ViaSat3 beer. Go behind the scenes @rouleurbrewing with Homebrew Competition winner, Norman Gray, to see how it’s made. 🍻 Snag a can at our Carlsbad employee launch party! 🛰️ 💫
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Updated Launch Timing for #ViaSat3Americas : Launch is expected no earlier than (NET) April 26, 2023 with approx. 1-hr launch window opening at 7:29 PM EDT. Learn more about #SatelliteReimagined : (Image: @AFThunderbirds )
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1 year
This month we're celebrating 37 years of innovation at Viasat with a look back at our biggest party yet – last week's ViaSat-3 Americas launch! 🎈🥳 #WeAreViasat #Viasat3 #Viasat3Americas
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. @SpaceNorway 's #ASBM launch is targeted to launch on August 11 at 7:02 p.m. PT with @SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base. 🚀🛰️ Find out how the #GX10 payloads onboard each spacecraft in #HEO aim to bring high speed connectivity to the North Pole:
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#ViaSat3 F1 has now entered service for aviation customers. 🛰️✈️ This new capacity will enhance passenger Wi-Fi services for airlines operating over North America. ✅ F2: Mechanical environmental testing ✅ F3: Thermal vacuum testing More on VS3 here:
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#ASBM launch success confirmed! 🚀✅ Thanks to @Space_Norway , @northropgrumman , @SpaceForceDoD , @SpaceX & our experts. Now it’s time to bring these payloads into service to create the flexibility, coverage, and connectivity our customers need. More here:
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Thanks @BoeingSpace , for hosting @TelstraEnt & Viasat. Great progress is being made on the ViaSat-3 APAC satellite. Telstra, is building & managing Australia's #ViaSat3 ground infrastructure & fiber network. Our partnership will enable connectivity even in the most remote areas.
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7 years
ViaSat-2 Successfully Launched: #VS2 #ViaSatInc #InternetfromSpace
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1 year
We’re excited to announce the @EU_Commission has unconditionally approved our acquisition of @InmarsatGlobal . We look forward to working with Inmarsat to complete the transaction by the end of this month. 🔗
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7 years
Coming soon from a space port in French Guiana: ViaSat-2. #VS2 #InternetfromSpace #ViaSatInc
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ViaSat-3 APAC update! 🛰✨ Our 3rd & final satellite in the #ViaSat3 constellation completed payload integration and arrived at the @Boeing facility, where it'll be integrated with @BoeingSpace high-power 702MP+ platform. #ViaSat3APAC
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Viasat and @SpaceX confirmed the scheduled launch date of #ViaSat3Americas is April 18, 2023 with an approx. 1-hr launch window opening at 7:29 p.m. EDT 🚀
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1 year
We're excited to welcome all our new @InmarsatGlobal followers to our channel! 💫
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7 years
United Airlines, Viasat Sign New Contract to Bring High-Speed Connectivity to New Aircraft:
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6 years
Congratulations to @SAS for being the first Nordic airline to roll out the best Wi-Fi in the skies Looking forward to helping deliver many happy connections to your passengers! #SASHighSpeedWiFi #ViasatInc
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Today we announced that the first of the two satellites for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission has completed thermal vacuum testing. The new satellites will carry GX10A & B payloads, connecting users in the Far North with high-speed broadband in 2024.
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🅰️: It takes about 3 weeks to fully reach geostationary orbit (GEO), located 22,236 miles above the equator. From the ground perspective, #ViaSat3Americas will appear in a fixed position in the sky, matching the Earth's rotation. 🔄
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We’re excited to be partnering with @esa on a pilot flight demonstration program of a low-profile airborne SatCom terminal as part of their Artes Partner Programme. #Viasat is working to expand in-flight connectivity to more aircraft & geographical locations. 🛩
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Defense, aviation, maritime, homes and communities, and a broad range of mobility customers rely on our secure connectivity solutions across air, land, sea and space. 🎖🛳🏠✈️🌎 🔗 Here's how #Viasat keeps you safely connected across the globe:
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We’re pleased to welcome Brazil’s Minister of Communications @fabiofaria and our partners from Telebras to our Carlsbad HQ. We look forward to a productive day discussing ways Viasat is connecting people across Brazil today and how we can reach even more consumers in the future.
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BREAKING: Viasat Announces Highest-Speed, Unlimited Satellite Internet Service—Nationwide #AccessAmplified #ViasatInc
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We are happy to announce the completion of a major milestone with the second ViaSat-3 satellite payload module delivered to El Segundo, CA. Learn more at:
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#TBT – Go behind the scenes at the #ViaSat3 launch! 🚀🛰 Check out our recap: #satellitereimagined #viasat3americas
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7 years
Something new is happening tomorrow.
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7 years
Congratulations to Viasat executives Mark Dankberg and Rick Baldridge, who were named to the #SD500 list of influential business leaders by @SDbusiness .
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Meet the new Viasat: One team. One brand. #ViasatRebrand
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ViaSat-3 is designed to expect the unexpected – but what does that really mean? 🤔 Here's how #ViaSat3 is able to address bandwidth congestion for our customers:
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7 years
EL AL Israel Airlines and ViaSat Bring In-flight Wi-Fi Innovation to New Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft:
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"We've done everything we can to simulate both the launch and the space environment and now we're confident that it should work as designed." 🚀
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We can almost smell the rocket fuel from here 🚀 #ViaSat3Americas
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Falcon Heavy in the hangar at Launch Complex 39A
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Follow ViaSat-2's journey from LAX to French Guiana as it preps for the June 1 launch. #ConnectUp #ViaSat2 #Launch
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#GHC17 attendees - are you ready to make an impact on the world? Stop by Booth 2311 and learn how you can #ConnectUp with ViaSat.
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. @SpaceNorway ’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission launch is currently slated for mid-July. Discover how the two Global Xpress payloads onboard are designed to extend our global footprint to meet customer expectations – even if standing on the North Pole!
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The road to #ViaSat3 started with an entirely different satellite – more than 10 years ago. See how we got to where we are today:
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After much anticipation, ViaSat-3 is preparing for commercial service! ✈️ We recently performed high-speed connectivity testing on cross-country US flights which revealed great performance (248Mbps down!) and availability throughout. 🛰️ More on #ViaSat3 :
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1 year
Our customers now have access to a greater range of capabilities and a versatile fleet of satellites, through the acquisition of @InmarsatGlobal . Take a look at how we're creating a new global communications partner 👇
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7 years
Congratulations to our CEO and Co-founder on this honor!
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A few notes from today’s @UCSDJacobs and UC San Diego event celebrating @ViasatInc CEO and co-founder Mark Dankberg’s election into the NAE last year. Dankberg was honored for his incredible contributions to broadband Internet communications via satellite. @theNAEng (1/4)
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#ViaSatInc CEO/Co-Founder Mark Dankberg reacts to seeing #Ariane5 with @Eutelsat_SA & #VS2 before launch. #InternetfromSpace
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Our mission is to connect everyone and everything around the world. To do so, our world must #Protect28GHzSatellite #InternetAnywhere #CITEL
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5 years
Our CEO and Co-founder Mark Dankberg celebrated our being named to the @FortuneMagazine 2019 #ChangeTheWorld list at our company all-hands meeting this week. #WeAreViasat
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6 years
We are thrilled to announced DISA has officially awarded us an eight-year, firmed fixed price contract worth up to $559.8M to provide U.S. Government Senior Leader and VIP aircraft with in-flight broadband and connectivity services:
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5 years
One key difference between low earth orbit (LEO), medium earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites is their distance from earth. To learn about our ViaSat-3 GEO satellite constellation, visit our corporate blog:
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Happy #WorldTelecomDay ! We believe that universal access to the internet is central to ensuring equity & opportunity. That’s why we focus on connection that matters – for our customers, partners & shareholders worldwide. 📡 Learn more about what we do:
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Viasat recently hosted @cindymccain at our Tempe campus! Ms. McCain toured the #Viasat3 payload manufacturing area and our satellite control center. @WFPChief #SatelliteReimagined
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One of our local Hawaii dealers is helping out his neighbors affected by the #Kilauea eruption. He's installed our satellite internet service at a community shelter so workers and evacuees can stay connected.
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ViaSat-2 will offer 7x more coverage than ViaSat-1. Look at where our newest satellite is expected to deliver broadband services. #VS2
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