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Completed TRL 6 (started at 4, targeting 6)
ViaSat collaborated with GRC on the development of a space-based Ka-band radio that will interoperate with ViaSat's next generation communication service and the TDRSS network and potentially NASA's Near Earth Network. This next generation space radio platform enables higher data rates and total data return along with access to entire constellations of low Earth orbit satellites; thereby reducing latency, allowing on demand access, minimizing resource contention, and increasing resiliency.
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