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Old Apr 21, 2024 | 8:18 am
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From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViaSat-3

ViaSat-3 Americas launched on 1 May 2023 aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket, which successfully placed it into a near-geosynchronous orbit in the early hours of 1 May at an altitude of approximately 34,600 kilometers. Deployment of the reflector did not take place in the normal way and the satellite's performance was severely affected. Viasat may trigger a $420 million claim, a space insurance underwriter described the situation to CNBC as a “market changing event” for the sector. Viasat suffered its biggest one-day loss in share price following the news.In February 2024, Viasat announced that the crippled satellite is expected to enter commercial service in the second quarter of 2024 at less than ten percent of its 1 terabit per second capacity, and that a $421 million insurance claim had been filed.
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