Viasat schedules ViaSat-3 Flight‑2 launch for Nov. 5, 2025 aboard ULA Atlas V

Viasat confirmed ViaSat‑3 Flight‑2 will launch on Nov. 5, 2025 during a window opening at 10:24 p.m. ET aboard a ULA Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral. The Ka‑band satellite, covering the Americas, is designed to add >1 Tbps and more than double Viasat’s network capacity.

Discovered 2025-11-02T17:24:09.656634-08:00 | 2025-11-02T17:24:09.656634-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • ViaSat‑3 F2 will add more than 1 Tbps and is expected to more than double Viasat’s global bandwidth, expanding commercial and government SATCOM capacity; see the recent delivery and Cape Canaveral arrival of the spacecraft (delivery to Cape Canaveral: https://hype.aero/?story=4874be20-1ce3-49ca-8a17-1c993e3260f7).

  • The mission is scheduled on a ULA Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral’s SLC‑41, confirming Viasat’s launcher choice and flight profile amid an active launch manifest (ULA Atlas V scheduling context: https://hype.aero/?story=0b889f89-a284-4434-a51d-9260f73fd8e2).

  • The launch comes as the industry accelerates broadband constellation deployments and launch cadence, a market dynamic that affects capacity competition, launch supply chains and spectrum planning (broader launch and constellation context: https://hype.aero/?story=997ad7fc-a423-482e-bbb4-1287003461ed).

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SpaceWatch Africa actualidadaeroespacial.com Via Satellite satnews Spaceflight Now spacetoday.com.br
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2025-11-02T17:24:09.656634-08:00
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