Star Bus
- Not to be confused with Tata Starbus
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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Variant
| Name | Mission Type | Orbit | Payload Capability | Mission life | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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: [1] | |||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Spacecraft Busses". OrbitalATK. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
Further reading
- "Commercial GEO Satellites". Orbital Sciences.
- "STAR Bus Fact Sheet" (PDF). Orbital Sciences.
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