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ViaSat taps SpaceX for satellite launch
2015-01-15 18:23:28| Telecom - Topix.net
An artist's rendering of ViaSat-2, a high capacity Internet satellite being build by Boeing for Carlsbad-based ViaSat An artist's rendering of ViaSat-2, a high capacity Internet satellite being build by Boeing for Carlsbad-based ViaSat Carlsbad satellite operator ViaSat has hired Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch its new high capacity ViaSat-2 Internet satellite in the late summer of 2016. SpaceX, a privately held builder of rockets that supply the International Space Station under a contract with NASA, will use its biggest rocket, the Falcon Heavy, to put ViaSat-2 into orbit.
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