ViaSat 3 Failure?

[nelson61]

ViaSat 3 was launched end of April.
Problems with deployment of reflector being reviewed>

ViaSat-3 Americas satellite faces deployment issue

Viasat said on Wednesday there was an anomaly during the deployment of its ViaSat-3 Americas satellite in space which may affect the performance of the satellite, sending the company's shares down 20% after the bell.

www.reuters.com

 

[phlatwound]

View: https://twitter.com/coastal8049/status/1677884377697763328

 

[nelson61]

Apparantly the viasat 3 satellites have a gigantic reflector that is on an extended boom.

 

[fmj77]

Sounds very similar to the antenna deployment malfunction that occurred with Viasat 2.