ViaSat is under contract to deliver and install eight broadband earth stations throughout Europe, as well as provide maintenance and support services. The earth station gateways are designed to connect subscribers of Eutelsat Tooway™ satellite broadband service to the Internet. The ViaSat ground infrastructure will be available for the KA-SAT launch scheduled for mid-2010. The Tooway service operated by Eutelsat broadband subsidiary Skylogic, is already supplying consumer broadband service using the Eutelsat HOT BIRD™ 6 and Eurobird™ 3 satellites and the ViaSat SurfBeam® networking system. KA-SAT is a high capacity Ka-band spot beam satellite with planned coverage over Europe, the Middle East, and Northern Africa. With a capacity estimated at 70 Gbps, KA-SAT is expected to be (at launch) the highest capacity satellite in the world. KA-SAT is a European counterpart to ViaSat-1, a Ka-band satellite designed to deliver 100 Gbps of broadband capacity to the North American market, with a planned launch in 2011.
Satnews Daily
December 31st, -0001
KA-SAT Calling All Stations — ViaSat Will Build The Answer
ViaSat is under contract to deliver and install eight broadband earth stations throughout Europe, as well as provide maintenance and support services. The earth station gateways are designed to connect subscribers of Eutelsat Tooway™ satellite broadband service to the Internet. The ViaSat ground infrastructure will be available for the KA-SAT launch scheduled for mid-2010. The Tooway service operated by Eutelsat broadband subsidiary Skylogic, is already supplying consumer broadband service using the Eutelsat HOT BIRD™ 6 and Eurobird™ 3 satellites and the ViaSat SurfBeam® networking system. KA-SAT is a high capacity Ka-band spot beam satellite with planned coverage over Europe, the Middle East, and Northern Africa. With a capacity estimated at 70 Gbps, KA-SAT is expected to be (at launch) the highest capacity satellite in the world. KA-SAT is a European counterpart to ViaSat-1, a Ka-band satellite designed to deliver 100 Gbps of broadband capacity to the North American market, with a planned launch in 2011.