Credit: Virgin America
ViaSat-1 was the highest-capacity satellite in existence when launched in October 2011. Built by Space Systems/Loral and based on its 1300-series bus, the 15,000-lb. geosynchronous satellite provides 140 Gbps of capacity via 72 service beams. These spot beams, isolated from each other by...
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