DULUTH,
Ga., Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc.
(NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced
the availability of its most advanced class of large-aperture
antennas, which will be capable of providing the United States and other spacefaring
nations with enhanced space-to-ground communications for upcoming
Earth observation missions, manned and unmanned missions to the
Moon, Mars and other deep space and Department of Defense (DoD)
initiatives.
The new class of full-motion multi-band antennas, which range
from 19.7 to 24.0 meters in diameter, offer revolutionary
capability enhancements when compared to other legacy solutions
that still use decades old technology. Viasat's key antenna
enhancements include:
- Full-motion high-dynamic pedestal with precise tracking that
will support current and future multi-orbit missions from low earth
orbit (LEO) to Lunar and beyond;
- An integrated radio frequency (RF) architecture paired with
precision reflector surface accuracy to enable enhanced operation
from L-band to above Ka-band;
- Robust suite of software leveraging 20 years of delivering the
highest levels of cyber security standards;
- RF designs that support use of extremely high-power amplifiers
in multiple bands enabling advanced mission requirements; and
- Advanced high-rate modems that will support emerging industry
standard interfaces and software defined radio (SDR) frameworks to
enable future virtualized architectures.
"There is tremendous interest in earth observation,
defense-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
and deep space/lunar link communications, which our latest class of
full-motion large-aperture antennas were built for," said
Kent Leka, vice president and
general manager, Antenna Systems, Viasat. "In fact, it only
requires a handful of Viasat's large-aperture antennas
strategically positioned around the globe to provide constant
connectivity, which could bring increased visibility to global
space and defense agencies as well as to Ground
Station-as-a-Service providers looking to deploy a network of
antennas that support upcoming missions with lunar direct-to-earth
service and cislunar relay for future missions to the Moon and even
Mars."
For more information on Viasat's large-aperture, 19.7 to 24.0
meter antennas, please visit Viasat's website here.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications
company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be
connected. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how
consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world
communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global
communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable,
fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the
ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat, visit:
www.viasat.com, go to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or follow the
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press
release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to the
safe harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include
statements about the features and benefits of the new
large-aperture 19.7-to-24-meter antennas, including their ability
to provide increased visibility and support upcoming missions and
space initiatives. Readers are cautioned that actual results could
differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ include: risks associated with the construction, launch
and operation of satellites, including the effect of any anomaly,
operational failure or degradation in satellite performance;
contractual problems, product defects, regulatory issues,
technologies that do not perform according to expectations
and other factors affecting the communications market generally. In
addition, please refer to the risk factors contained
in Viasat's SEC filings available
at www.sec.gov, including Viasat's most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on
which they are made. Viasat undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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