ViaSat-2 Set for June 1 Launch

ViaSat's ViaSat-2 satellite is scheduled for a June 1 launch, the company said in a news release Wednesday. The satellite will provide broadband service from a 69.9 degrees west orbit, covering North and Central America, the Caribbean and part of South America, plus the primary aeronautical and maritime routes across the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe, it said. The Ka-band satellite is expected to start service in early 2018, it said.