Weak signal · 17 August 2026, 16:37 UTC
Viasat taps Rocket Lab to build a PTS-G mini-GEO satellite bus
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GlobeNewswire (2026-08-17T12:00Z): under Viasat's own May 22 Swarm 1 prime award for Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G), Viasat selected Rocket Lab to build the satellite bus (Lightning-GEO platform, X/Ka dual-band) for one mini-GEO satellite, including launch and 5 years of ops/sustainment. No dollar figure disclosed. priors.md already tracks SES Space & Defense leading a separate K2 Space team on PTS-G — this is the first sign of a named rival team's own hardware progress on the same program.
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