Star Bus
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Artist impression of Optus D1, built on the Orbital Star Bus platform
Star Bus is a satellite bus family of Orbital ATK. It was originally developed by Thomas van der Heyden co-founder of CTAI, later sold to and manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation.[citation needed]
History[]
The first satellite program based on the Star Bus platform, developed by Thomas van der Heyden for the Indonesian Direct Broadcast program IndoVision, was IndoStar-1, which was launched in November 1997.[citation needed]
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Variants[]
Name | Mission type | Orbit | Payload capability | Mission life | |||
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RapidStar-1 | National Security Space | LEO | 60 kg/75W | 1–5 years | |||
RapidStar-2 | National Security Space | LEO | 200 kg/500W | 1–5 years | |||
LEOStar-2 | Civil/Defence | LEO | 150 kg/400W | 1–10 years | |||
LEOStar-3[1] | Civil/Defence | LEO | 3,000 kg/800W | 1–10 years | |||
GEOStar-1 | National Security Space | GEO | 150 kg/200W | 5–7 years | |||
GEOStar-2 | Communications | GEO | 500 kg/5.5 kW | 15–18 years | |||
GEOStar-3 | Communications | GEO | 800 kg/8.0 kW | 15–18 years | |||
MicroStar-1 | Constellation | LEO | 15 kg/360W | 1–3 years | |||
ESPAStar-1 | National Security Space | LEO or GEO | 250 kg/500W | 1–5 years | |||
ESPAStar-2 | National Security Space | LEO or GEO | 1,080 kg/1.2 kW | 1–5 years | |||
References: [2] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ LEOStar-3 Bus
- ^ "Spacecraft Busses". OrbitalATK. Archived from the original on 6 September 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
Further reading[]
- "Commercial GEO Satellites". Orbital Sciences.
- "STAR Bus Fact Sheet" (PDF). Orbital Sciences.
Categories:
- Satellite buses
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- United States spacecraft stubs