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ViaSat-1

High throughput communications satellite

Field	Value
name	ViaSat-1
image	Transporting rocket Proton-M with ViaSat-1.webm
image_caption	October 2, 2011. The Proton-M space rocket with the ViaSat-1 spacecraft is being rolled out to the launch complex of site 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The train is being pulled by a TEM2UM-4014 diesel locomotive. The rocket was launched at 22:48 Moscow time on October 19, 2011.
names_list	VS-1, VIASAT-IOM
mission_type	Communication
operator	Viasat Inc.Telesat
COSPAR_ID	2011-059A
SATCAT	37843
mission_duration	15 years (planned)
(elapsed)
spacecraft_bus	LS-1300
manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral
dry_mass	3650 kg
launch_mass	6740 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Proton-M/Briz-M
launch_site	Baikonur 200/39
launch_contractor	International Launch Services
deactivated
orbit_epoch	25 January 2015, 04:39:48 UTC
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Geostationary
orbit_periapsis	35783 km
orbit_apoapsis	35802 km
orbit_inclination	0.00 degrees
orbit_period	1436.10 minutes
orbit_longitude	115.1° west
apsis	gee
trans_band	56 Ka-band
trans_coverage	Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada

(elapsed)

ViaSat-1 is a high throughput communications satellite owned by Viasat Inc. and Telesat Canada. Launched October 19, 2011 aboard a Proton rocket, it held the Guinness record for the world's highest capacity communications satellite with a total capacity in excess of 140 Gbit/s, more than all the satellites covering North America combined, at the time of its launch.

ViaSat-1 is capable of two-way communications with small dish antennas at higher speeds and a lower cost-per-bit than any satellite before.{{cite news|title=Viasat broadband 'super-satellite' launches|date=October 20, 2011

The satellite is positioned at 115.1 degrees West longitude geostationary orbit point, with 72 Ka-band spot beams; 63 over the U.S. (Eastern and Western states, Alaska and Hawaii), and nine over Canada.

The Canadian beams are owned by satellite operator Telesat and are used for the Xplornet broadband service to consumers in rural Canada. The US beams provide fast Internet access called Exede, Viasat's satellite Internet service.

ViaSat-1 is a satellite system architecture created by Viasat Inc. The objective is to create a better satellite broadband user experience, making satellite competitive with DSL and wireless broadband alternatives for the first time.

References

(25 January 2015). "VIASAT 1 Satellite details 2011-059A NORAD 37843". N2YO.
[http://www.space.com/13432-isle-man-launched-satellite-viasat.html ViaSat-1 Launch Is Milestone for Isle of Man]
[https://archive.today/20150115113934/http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=35059 The Isle of Man Government launch ViaSat-1 the first satellite to use an Isle of Man licensed orbital filing]
(December 2012). "Highest-capacity communications satellite".
(January 2012). "Exede: The satellite broadband service you've been waiting for?". [[CNet]].
(October 2011). "A Very Different Kind of Dish Network". [[Fortune (magazine).
(February 2013). "Exede service comes in first place in FCC report". TeleCompetitor.

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