ViaSat-1

Delivered ViaSat-1 to geostationary transfer orbit for ViaSat/Eutelsat. At 6.7 tonnes and over 140 Gbps capacity, it was the highest-throughput communications satellite built to date.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

7.7 T

Flight

23rd

of 33 Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced flights

Date and time

19 October 2011, 18:48 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2011-059

Launches in 2011

62nd of 84

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