STAR Bus

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Artist impression of Optus D1, built on the Orbital STAR Bus platform

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.

[edit] 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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