ViaSat the owner of Wild Blue the satellite internet company is launching a revolutionary bird in the later part of September. Here are a few of the finalized specs:
- ViaSat-1 to offer 2-10 Mbps (download) service packages to approximately 1.5 million subscribers.
- Total throughput is 150Gbps
- Approximately 20 times the physical size of any non military communication satellite in orbit.
- Equipped with spot-beams that will increase the signal strength in localized areas thought the country.
http://www.viasat.com/news/viasat-1-ready-ship-launch-set-for-september
ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced that construction of the ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite is complete and that the spacecraft is being prepared for shipment to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ViaSat-1 is now scheduled for launch by International Launch Services (ILS) aboard a Proton rocket during the last week in September.