Viasat has brought its ViaSat-3 F2 satellite into service across the Americas, completing its global constellation. The satellite provides more than one terabit per second of throughput capacity, significantly expanding the company's network capabilities in the region. The completion of the ViaSat-3 constellation has tripled the bandwidth available across Viasat's global fleet. F1 is already operational, whilst F3 entered service across Asia-Pacific in August. The satellite uses advanced beamforming technology to dynamically allocate capacity to high-demand flight routes, shipping lanes and geographic regions. Viasat chairman and CEO Mark Dankberg said the satellites represent the most advanced commercial satellites globally in terms of adaptive beam forming, user performance improvements and resilience to interference. The expanded network will support Viasat's aviation, maritime, government and broadband customers.

ViaSat-3 F2 Enters Service, Expanding Capacity and Enabling Growth Across the Americas TMCnet News [September 17, 2026] | / | ViaSat-3 F2 Enters Service, Expanding Capacity and Enabling Growth Across the Americas CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications technology, today announced that its ViaSat-3 (VS3) F2 satellite has entered service across the Americas, significantly expanding the company's network capacity, flexibility and resilience across the region. The satellite strengthens Viasat's ability to deliver advanced connectivity services while creating new opportunities for growth in key markets and enhancing network economics. "With the VS3 constellation now fully operational, we have substantially expanded our ability to deliver high-quality connectivity where demand is growing fastest and introduced new forms of resilience for our government and commercial customers," said Mark Dankberg, Chairman and CEO of Viasat. "This is a major milestone for Viasat and our customers and positions us well to deliver differentiated experiences and support our highest-value markets around the world." Dankberg continued, "We believe that the VS3 satellites are the most advanced commercial satellites in the world in terms of adaptive beam forming for cost efficiencies, user performance improvements that offer higher speeds on both forward and return links, and resilience to interference. We also believe VS3 technology sets new commercial standards for solar power generation and thermal dissipation - both critical technology challenges for developing economical data centers in space." ViaSat-3 F2 is designed to provide more than one terabit per second of throughput capacity over the Americas, significantly increasing the company's ability to meet growing demand for reliable connectivity in the air, at sea and on the ground. The satellite's advanced beamforming technology dynamically allocates capacity to high-demand flight routes, shipping lanes and geographic regions, helping maximize network performance where demand and opportunity are greatest and improve customer experience where it matters most. With ViaSat-3 F1 already in service and F3 entering service across Asia-Pacific in August, completion of the ViaSat-3 constellation has tripled the bandwidth available across Viasat's global fleet, providing the scale, flexibility and reach needed to better support the company's aviation, maritime, government, and broadband customers and establishing a powerful foundation for continued growth. About Viasat Viasat is a global technology company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be connected. With offices in 24 countries around the world, its mission shapes how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world communicate and connect. Viasat is developing the ultimate global communications network to power high-quality, reliable, secure, affrdable, fast connections to positively impact people's lives anywhere they are - on the ground, in the air or at sea - while building a sustainable future in space. In May 2023, Viasat completed its acquisition of Inmarsat, combining the teams, technologies and resources of the two companies to create a new global communications partner. Learn more at www.viasat.com, the Viasat News Room or follow Fog Computing World on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, and YouTube. [Copyright (C) 2026 Viasat, Inc. All rights reserved. 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Viasat and Space42 commit up to $1 billion to shared D2D satellite platform Equatys. Date: September 14, 2026 By Manuel Nau, Lead Editor at IoT Business News. Viasat and Space42 have signed a binding agreement to establish Equatys, a shared satellite and ground infrastructure venture for direct-to-device and advanced mobile satellite services, with up to $1 billion in planned founder equity. Direct-to-device satellite connectivity is increasingly being treated less as a standalone satellite service and more as an extension of terrestrial mobile networks. That transition creates a different infrastructure problem: rather than simply putting more satellites into orbit, operators must find ways to share capacity, coordinate spectrum and integrate non-terrestrial networks with existing mobile infrastructure without forcing every participant to build its own constellation. Viasat and Space42 are taking that shared-infrastructure approach with Equatys. The two companies have signed a binding agreement to formally establish the venture, which is intended to provide a neutral satellite and ground-network layer that can be used by multiple mobile and satellite operators. A tower-company model applied to space. The most distinctive aspect of Equatys is not simply its planned constellation, but its commercial architecture. Viasat and Space42 are adapting the tower-company model used extensively in terrestrial cellular networks, where operators share physical infrastructure while retaining their own spectrum rights, customers and commercial relationships. Equatys is designed to perform a similar role for non-terrestrial networks. Licensed operators could use common satellites and ground infrastructure rather than deploying separate systems. The model is also intended to remain open to additional satellite operators and spectrum holders. This is an important distinction from D2D strategies built around a vertically integrated constellation and service. In practical terms, Equatys is attempting to separate ownership and operation of the underlying space infrastructure from the services delivered over it. If successfully implemented, that structure could allow regional operators or spectrum holders to participate in satellite D2D without taking on the economics and operational complexity of deploying an independent constellation. Up to $1 billion in founder equity. Upon formation of Equatys, Viasat and Space42 each plan to contribute $400 million in equity. Space42 expects to add another $200 million during a future funding round that would also be open to third-party investors, bringing the founders' potential combined contribution to $1 billion. The venture is also expected to use third-party equity and debt financing as the system develops. Viasat is expected to become Equatys' prime technology contractor once the company is formally established. The initial satellite deployment would form the first stage of an architecture capable of scaling to as many as 2,800 satellites across 60 orbital planes and three altitude layers. Rather than requiring a fundamental redesign as capacity requirements increase, the architecture is intended to support progressive densification. Why the architecture matters for IoT. Equatys is being built around 3GPP non-terrestrial-network standards and is intended to connect conventional smartphones, IoT devices and other terminals directly to satellites. Viasat and Space42 say they collectively have commercial relationships with more than 400 mobile operators and technical access to more than 100 MHz of globally coordinated mobile satellite service spectrum. For IoT deployments, the shared model could be particularly relevant where terrestrial coverage is intermittent rather than completely absent. Logistics assets, vehicles, infrastructure monitoring equipment and other mobile or remote devices could potentially use the same operator relationship across terrestrial and satellite coverage instead of relying on a separate satellite communications architecture. The broader implication is that satellite connectivity could increasingly become an infrastructure option available behind a cellular service rather than a separate connectivity stack selected at device level. That would shift part of the integration burden away from OEMs and enterprises toward mobile operators, satellite operators and connectivity platforms managing terrestrial-to-NTN service continuity. That transition remains dependent on deployment, regulatory approvals and the completion of Equatys' formation. The constellation procurement and associated definitive agreements are also still subject to closing conditions. But the binding agreement and funding framework move the project beyond an architectural concept and toward the capital-intensive phase required to turn shared NTN infrastructure into an operational network.