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Viasat has placed ViaSat-3 F2 into service over the Americas, completing the company’s three-satellite geostationary constellation. The milestone brings the full ViaSat-3 network online for customer data services, following F3’s commercial activation across the Asia-Pacific region and the final commissioning of F2 and F3.
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Viasat has placed ViaSat-3 F2 into service over the Americas, completing the company’s three-satellite geostationary constellation. The milestone brings the full ViaSat-3 network online for customer data services, following F3’s commercial activation across the Asia-Pacific region and the final commissioning of F2 and F3.
More than three months after SpaceX’s industry-shaking IPO, satellite broadband operators are assessing its far-reaching and mixed effects. The market response is adding pressure to evaluate competitive positioning, financing conditions and long-term strategy across the satellite communications sector.
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SpaceX has moved Starship Flight 14 to no earlier than Sept. 28, pending regulatory approval, after initially targeting Sept. 22. The roughly 10-hour mission would be Starship’s first orbital flight and attempt to deploy 26 V3 Starlink satellites, marking a major test of the vehicle’s launch and in-space operations.
SatPort Infrastructure will develop, build and host landing stations that connect Telesat’s Lightspeed satellite constellation to terrestrial networks. The companies signed a master services agreement on Sept. 15, establishing SatPort as a ground-infrastructure provider for Lightspeed’s planned connectivity architecture.
Intuitive Machines is evaluating how satellite capabilities obtained through an acquisition could support its entry into the emerging orbital data center market. The effort would extend the company’s commercial space portfolio beyond its existing activities and position it around a nascent space-infrastructure opportunity.
Galileo has demonstrated authenticated civil positioning and ranging for the first time in civil tests, with five satellites transmitting encrypted signal components. The capability is intended to help users verify that navigation data is genuine as spoofing threats increasingly challenge confidence in satellite-based positioning.
Viasat and Poland’s Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa have signed a letter of intent to examine cooperation on advanced military satellite communications, ground infrastructure and broader space capabilities. The agreement, signed Sept. 16, 2026, could establish a framework for future collaboration between the U.S. provider and Poland’s defense group.
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Hisdesat has contracted Airbus to build SpainSat NG-III, replacing SpainSat NG-II and completing Spain’s secure communications architecture. The award underscores continued European investment in sovereign satellite communications infrastructure and follows broader regional activity around secure connectivity networks.
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