Unicast and broadcast communications using phased-array antenna

A method, comprising:

• transmitting, to a terminal and from a ground station, an indication to communicate with a first satellite during a first set of time slots;
• transmitting, to the terminal and from the ground station, an indication to receive a broadcast stream from a second satellite during a second set of time slots;
• transmitting, from the first satellite to the terminal, a plurality of unicast messages during the first set of time slots based at least in part on the ground station transmitting the indication to communicate with the first satellite during the first set of time slots;
• transmitting, from the second satellite during the first set of time slots, a first plurality of packets associated with the broadcast stream;
• and
• transmitting, from the second satellite during the second set of time slots, a second plurality of packets, wherein at least a portion of the broadcast stream associated with the first plurality of packets is recoverable from the second plurality of packets based at least in part on a level of redundancy of an encoding of the broadcast stream and a duty cycle of the first set of time slots.