ViaSat, Boeing Trying to Fix ViaSat-2 Antenna Issue
ViaSat's commercial broadband service via ViaSat-2 is still slated to begin in February despite some in-orbit antenna issues, the company said Tuesday. It said it has begun beta service on the satellite and finished a number of performance tests. It…
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said there will be further testing during the beta period as satellite builder Boeing identified the antenna issue that had some spot beams "perform[ing] differently than they did during ground testing." It said Boeing and ViaSat are jointly working on determining the root cause and corrective measures. ViaSat said the issue shouldn't affect the coverage area of the satellite or materially impact the planned services.