Star Bus
STAR Bus is a satellite platform manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation with an apogee kick motor to place a communications satellite into geostationary orbit, a thruster to provide the satellite with orbital station-keeping for a 15 year mission, and solar arrays to provide the satellite payload with 5 kW[citation needed] of electrical power.
Also see STAR-2.
History
The first satellite based on the STAR Bus platform was IndoStar-1, which was launched in November 1997.[citation needed]
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References
- "Commercial GEO Satellites". Orbital Sciences.
- "STAR Bus Fact Sheet" (PDF). Orbital Sciences.
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