 Viasat Inc. NASDAQ: VSAT, a global communications company headquartered in Carlsbad, California, has opened its first Real-Time Earth RTE facility in Africa, located in Accra, Ghana. What Happened: Viasat has partnered with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute, a government-based institution under Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, on the new station, which will provide Ground-Station-as-a-Service GSaaS capabilities that support next-generation and legacy geosynchronous equatorial orbit GEO, medium earth orbit MEO and low earth orbit LEO satellites using the S-, X-, and Ka-bands. 