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ViaSat-1

Index ViaSat-1

ViaSat-1 is a high throughput communications satellite owned by ViaSat Inc. and Telesat Canada. [1]

22 relations: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200, Briz (rocket stage), CNET, Communications satellite, Exede, Fortune (magazine), Geocentric orbit, Geostationary orbit, Guinness World Records, Hawaii, High-throughput satellite, International Launch Services, Ka band, North America, Proton (rocket family), Proton-M, Satellite Internet access, SSL (company), SSL 1300, Telesat, Viasat, Inc..

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome (translit; translit) is a spaceport located in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to Russia.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200

Site 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is a launch site used by Proton rockets.

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Briz (rocket stage)

The Briz-K, Briz-KM and Briz-M (Бриз-К, КM and M meaning Breeze-K, KM and M) are Russian liquid-propellant rocket orbit insertion upper stages manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and used on the Proton-M, Angara A5 or Rokot, one of Russia's smaller launchers.

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CNET

CNET (stylized as c|net) is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Communications satellite

A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunications signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.

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Exede

Exede Internet was launched in 2012 through ViaSat and provides broadband internet to the United States.

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Fortune (magazine)

Fortune is an American multinational business magazine headquartered in New York City, United States.

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Geocentric orbit

A geocentric orbit or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Planet Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.

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Geostationary orbit

A geostationary orbit, often referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit above Earth's equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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High-throughput satellite

High-throughput satellite (HTS) is a classification for communications satellites that provide at least twice, though usually by a factor of 20 or more, the total throughput of a classic FSS satellite for the same amount of allocated orbital spectrum thus significantly reducing cost-per-bit.

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International Launch Services

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Ka band

The Ka band (pronounced as either "kay-ay band" or "ka band") is a portion of the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum defined as frequencies in the range 26.5–40 gigahertz (GHz), i.e. wavelengths from slightly over one centimeter down to 7.5 millimeters.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Proton (rocket family)

Proton (Russian: Протон) (formal designation: UR-500) is an expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches.

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Proton-M

The Proton-M, (Протон-М) GRAU index 8K82M or, is a Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet-developed Proton.

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Satellite Internet access

Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communications satellites.

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SSL (company)

SSL, formerly Space Systems/Loral, LLC (SS/L), of Palo Alto, California, is a wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary of Maxar Technologies.

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SSL 1300

The SSL 1300, previously the LS-1300 and the FS-1300, is a satellite bus produced by SSL (company).

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Telesat

Telesat, formerly Telesat Canada, is a Canadian satellite communications company founded on May 2, 1969.

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Viasat, Inc.

Viasat Inc. is a communications company based in Carlsbad, California, with additional operations across the United States and worldwide.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViaSat-1

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