Satellite broadband hardware and service provider ViaSat Inc. on Sept. 9 said its goal outside the United States is to enter regions where traditional satellites are clinging to video market share and to displace them with Ka-band alternatives. The company also said its ViaSat-2 satellite is now likely to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2016 - several months later than initially planned - aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket being designed by SpaceX of Hawthorne, California. In a presentation to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch investor conference, ViaSat President Rick Baldridge said ViaSat's understanding is that Falcon Heavy will debut around May, a date that represents a slip as SpaceX recovers from a June 28 failure of its Falcon 9 rocket.
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