Viasat
Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT) is a publicly traded Satellite Comms & Direct-to-Device company founded in 1986 and based in Carlsbad, United States.
Viasat was founded in 1986 by Mark Dankberg, Steve Hart and Mark Miller and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. It completed its acquisition of Inmarsat on May 30, 2023, for about $550.7 million in cash and 46.36 million shares, and at March 31, 2026, it had 23 satellites in service across the Ka-, L- and S-bands. Its Communication Services segment sells in-flight connectivity, maritime connectivity, government satellite communications and fixed broadband. Its Defense and Advanced Technologies segment sells encryption products, tactical networking radios and satellite-communication systems to military and government customers. Viasat reported revenue of $4.64 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, and a backlog of $4.1 billion. At June 30, 2026, it held $1.74 billion in cash against about $6.4 billion of debt. It employs about 7,000 people and trades on Nasdaq under the ticker VSAT.
Viasat runs a geostationary, multi-band network that the newer low-Earth-orbit operators in this sector compete against for airline, maritime and government contracts. ViaSat-3 F3 entered service over Asia-Pacific on Aug. 31, 2026, and F2 over the Americas in mid-September, each adding more than 1 Tbps, while F1 recovers less than 10% of its planned throughput after a reflector deployment failure. At March 31, 2026, Viasat served about 6,550 commercial and business aircraft and about 1,350 ships on NexusWave.
At a glance
Total raised
Undisclosed
Headcount
5k-10k
Headquarters
Carlsbad
United StatesFounded
1986
Status
Public
Subsector
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Rounds tracked
0
No dated funding rounds on file. This company is privately held and may be raising or operating on undisclosed capital.
