ViaSat 3 Failure?

[nelson61]

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

https://www.reuters.com/business/me...-satellite-faces-deployment-issue-2023-07-12/

 

[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.