Mission: ViaSat-3 F2 (ViaSat-3 EMEA)
The ViaSat-3 sequence, consisting of three Ka-band satellites, is anticipated to supply far superior capabilities by way of service velocity and suppleness for a satellite tv for pc platform. Every ViaSat-3 class satellite tv for pc is anticipated to ship over 1 Terabit per second of community capability and supply excessive flexibility to dynamically direct capability to buyer areas.
Kind: CommunicationOrbit: Geostationary Switch OrbitLaunch Price: $153,000,000 USD
Rocket: United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551
Atlas V is an expendable launch system within the Atlas rocket household. It was beforehand operated by Lockheed Martin and is now operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a three way partnership with Boeing. Every Atlas V rocket makes use of a Russian-made RD-180 engine burning kerosene and liquid oxygen to energy its first stage, and an American-made RL10 engine burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to energy the Centaur higher stage. The RD-180 engines are equipped by RD Amross, whereas Aerojet Rocketdyne gives each the RL10 engines and the strap-on boosters utilized in some configurations. Customary payload fairing sizes are 4 or 5 meters in diameter and varied lengths. Fairing sizes of seven.2 meters in diameter and as much as 32.3 meters in size have been thought of. The rocket is assembled in Decatur, Alabama, and Harlingen, Texas.
