STAR Bus
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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 5kW of electrical power. The first satellite based on the STAR Bus platform was IndoStar-1, which was launched in November 1997.
[edit] References
- Commercial GEO Satellites. Orbital Sciences.
- STAR Bus Fact Sheet. Orbital Sciences.
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