{"title":"SKY Perfect JSAT vs Viasat: Communications constellations compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/sky-perfect-jsat-vs-viasat","comparison":"SKY Perfect JSAT ranks 41 on the Space 100 with a score of 76; Viasat ranks 49 with 74. SKY Perfect JSAT is ahead on positioning and leverage. Viasat is ahead on production and progress. Level on deployment, commercials, technology and firepower. SKY Perfect JSAT is based in Tokyo, Japan, Viasat in Carlsbad, United States. SKY Perfect JSAT: Public. Viasat: Established. SKY Perfect JSAT is named in 7 signals and Viasat in 38.","companies":[{"name":"SKY Perfect JSAT","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/sky-perfect-jsat","city":"Tokyo","country":"Japan","stage":"Public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"SKY Perfect JSAT is Asia's largest satellite operator (TSE-listed), running 17 GEO satellites and diversifying into intelligence, servicing, and national security. It was revealed as the customer behind Planet's $230M LEO order (Planet's largest ever), took an 18.23% stake in iQPS (March 2026), made a strategic investment in Astroscale (May 2026), and joined a Japanese MoD satellite-constellation consortium, with Superbird-9 ordered for a 2027 Starship launch. The group revenue split and the sizes of its iQPS and Astroscale stakes are open.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":41,"score":76,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"SKY Perfect JSAT sells space-based connectivity services in Japan, including as an authorized reseller of Amazon Leo.","segment":"Communications constellations","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":7,"facts_total":3},{"name":"Viasat","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/viasat","city":"Carlsbad","country":"United States","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Viasat is a US satellite-communications company (FY26 record revenue of $4.64B, +2.7%; awards $4.9B) with all three ViaSat-3 satellites launched, though its F1 flagship operates at under 10% of design capacity after an antenna anomaly. It has 4,450 commercial aircraft in-flight-connectivity systems in service (+10%, a 1,000-aircraft backlog) and 1,315 NexusWave vessels, though its maritime business did not turn the corner per the CFO. Its forward story is the Equatys D2D shared-spectrum venture with Space42 (up to 2,800 satellites, Viasat as initial technology prime).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":49,"score":74,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"Viasat operates satellite communications networks, including ViaSat-3, and sells broadband, in-flight, maritime, government and direct-to-device connectivity services.","segment":"Communications constellations","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":38,"facts_total":60}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}