ViaSat Says It Has Contract for ViaSat-3

ViaSat has started work on ViaSat-3 as the company has been contracted to build the satellite, it said in an FCC International Bureau filing made Thursday. The Ka-band geostationary satellite "is intended to provide a range of communications services to both businesses and consumers," the company said. No estimated time frame of the launch was included in the application, but the company's ViaSat-2 is expected to launch in 2016.