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Viasat CPS Demo

Viasat CPS Demo was launched on November 13, 2025 aboard a New Glenn 7x2 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left for deep space attached to another object (Nov 14, 2025).

COSPAR 2025-260CNORAD 66453United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Viasat CPS Demo
International designator
2025-260C
NORAD catalog number
66453
GCAT identifier
S66453

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Commercial
Program
Viasat
Owner
ViaSat
Country
United States
Builder
ViaSat Inc.

Launch

Date
November 13, 2025 · 20:55 UTC
Launch record
2025-260Success
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
EEO
Perigee
263 km
Inclination
29.64°
Status
Left for deep space attached to another object
Status date
November 14, 2025
Last known active
Nov 13, 2025
End of operations
December 2025

Size

Mass
10 kg
Dry mass
10 kg
Total mass with attached objects
28.0 t
Length
0.3 m
Diameter
0.30 m
Span
0.3 m

Deep space

Deep-space catalog entry
D01201
Final central body
Earth
Phase start
November 14, 2025
Phase outcome
Escaped to another body, attached · November 28, 2025
Destination
HCO

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).