Q&A

Where are Viasat ground stations?

Where are Viasat ground stations?

Viasat’s RTE satellite ground station facility is located at CfAT’s Heath Road site in Alice Springs , Australia .

What is Ka-band used for?

Tag: Ka Band The 30/20 GHz band is used in communications satellites, uplink in either the 27.5 GHz and 31 GHz bands, and high-resolution, close-range targeting radars aboard military airplanes. Some frequencies in this radio band are used for vehicle speed detection by law enforcement.

What are gateway antennas?

A satellite gateway (also referred to as a teleport or hub) is a ground station that transmits data to/from the satellite to the local area network. It houses the antennas and equipment that convert the Radio Frequency (RF) signal to an Internet Protocol (IP) signal for terrestrial connectivity.

Where is the Viasat satellite?

The satellite is positioned at 115.1 degrees West longitude geostationary orbit point, with 72 Ka-band spot beams; 63 over the U.S. (Eastern and Western states, Alaska and Hawaii), and nine over Canada.

What is azure Orbital?

Azure Orbital is a fully managed cloud-based ground station as a service that enables you to communicate with your spacecraft or satellite constellations, downlink and uplink data, process your data in the cloud, chain services with Azure services in unique scenarios, and generate products for your customers.

What is Ka frequency?

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.

What is the difference between K and Ka-band?

Ka band is comprised of radar waves between 33.4 and 36.0ghz. While X and K band police radar guns operate on just one or two frequencies, KA band guns operate on as many as five.

What is a 4×4 MIMO antenna?

4×4 MIMO, sometimes referred to as 4T4R, uses four antennas to establish up to four streams of data with the receiving device. Compared to ordinary single antenna (SISO) networks, 4×4 offers up to a 400% increase in throughput.

What is 5G antenna?

5G will use ‘massive’ MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) antennas that have very large numbers of antenna elements or connections to send and receive more data simultaneously. The overall physical size of the 5G base station antenna is expected to be similar to a 4G base station antenna.

Who is the owner of Viasat Internet?

Mark Dankberg
Chairman of the Board, Executive Chairman and Co-founder Mark Dankberg is Chairman of the Board and Executive Chairman of Viasat, Inc. He co-founded the Company in 1986, and held the position of CEO until he became Executive Chairman in November 2020.