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BROADBAND & DTC · OPERATOR PROFILE · DATA AS OF 2026-06-05

Viasat

Active VSAT Broadband & DTC Public HQ: Carlsbad, California Founded 1986

Global satellite broadband and defense comms. Acquired Inmarsat (2023). ViaSat-3 GEO deploying. Major in-flight connectivity provider.

69.2
ARI Composite
Very Low Risk
#3 of 9
Peer Rank
Broadband Telecom cohort
Total Launches
No flights tracked
VSAT
Market cap
NASDAQ

FINANCIAL HEALTH

69.2
ARI composite · Very Low Risk
Peer rank#3 of 9
Peer groupBroadband Telecom
Data coverage90%
Tracked gov contracts$72.5M across 10 awards

FLEET & LAUNCH PARTNERS

Satellite operator — does not operate launch vehicles. Primary launch partners: SpaceX, Arianespace (Ariane 5/6), ULA.

CONSTELLATION ACTIVITY

Constellations operated by this company — live satellite counts from the CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog.

Constellation Active Total Decayed Health Most recent deployment
OneWeb (Eutelsat+Viasat) 654 656 2 99.7% Oct 20, 2024

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RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS

Date Type Amount Counterparty Significance
May 22, 2026 Contract Award $437.0M Space Force, Viasat, SES High

Full deal history →

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorBroadband & DTC
Rank within sector#3 of 9
Tracked peers9

RECENT COVERAGE

Date Source Headline
Jun 01, 2026 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $1.1M to ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC for SBIR PHASE III VERTICAL SOLAR ARRAY TECHNOLOGY (VSAT) AND LUNARAY TESTING
May 22, 2026 SpaceNews Space Force awards Viasat, SES $437 million for military satellite network
May 04, 2026 NASASpaceFlight Launch Preview: three launches — a calm before the storm?
Apr 29, 2026 Spaceflight Now SpaceX launches 6-ton ViaSat-3 F3 satellite on Falcon Heavy rocket
Apr 29, 2026 NextSpaceflight Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameViasat, Inc.
Ticker / ExchangeVSAT (NASDAQ)
OwnershipPublic
HeadquartersCarlsbad, California
CountryUS
Founded1986
FounderMark Dankberg
CEOMark Dankberg
AliasesViasat, VSAT, Viasat/Inmarsat
SubsidiariesInmarsat (acquired May 2023)
Key programsViaSat-3, Inmarsat GX fleet, IFC
Gov customersDoD, NATO, USAF
IPO statusPublic

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Corporate homepage (2026 copyright) documents Viasat, Inc.'s ViaSat-3 constellation (F1 and F2), integration of Inmarsat post-acquisition, and service lines across consumer, enterprise, aviation, gove

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

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