{"id":46846,"date":"2026-06-13T01:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/viasat-secures-pts-g-u-s-space-force-ssc-swarm-1-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T01:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:44:40","slug":"viasat-secures-pts-g-u-s-space-force-ssc-swarm-1-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/viasat-secures-pts-g-u-s-space-force-ssc-swarm-1-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasat Secures PTS-G U.S. Space Force SSC Swarm 1 Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Viasat <\/strong>confirmed that it won a contract from the <strong>U.S. Space Force<\/strong>\u2019s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to build, launch and deliver the first of a proliferated fleet of small, maneuverable GEO satellites under the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program.<\/p>\n<p>Viasat announced that its Space and Mission Systems (SMS) team will produce and deliver a dual-band X\/Ka-band mini-GEO, maneuverable satellite, and provide ground stations and operations support. This Swarm 1 Delivery Order award also includes five years of operations and sustainment services for the satellite, inclusive of tracking, telemetry, and command (TT&amp;C), satellite and network operations, and cybersecurity requirements. Viasat\u2019s PTS-G mini-GEO satellite architecture will leverage technology already developed for the ViaSat-3 fleet, allowing for rapid, cost-effective deployment of high-performance and resilient satellite systems that adapt to evolving USSF mission requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The new Swarm 1 Delivery Order contract builds on Viasat\u2019s completion of the Delivery Order 1 (DO1) phase awarded in 2025, where the company successfully matured a system design for a resilient, low size, weight and power (SWaP) GEO satellite and associated ground architecture to dynamically support key hot spot service areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to partner with the USSF on this foundational work supporting next-generation government space operations, and we look forward to accelerating the Space Force\u2019s vision for employing scalable, dual-use capabilities to create a more agile, cost-effective, and survivable SATCOM architecture,\u201d Craig Miller, President, Viasat Government, said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viasat confirmed that it won a contract from the U.S. Space Force\u2019s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to build, launch and deliver the first of a proliferated fleet of small, maneuverable GEO satellites under the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program. Viasat announced that its Space and Mission Systems (SMS) team will produce and deliver a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}