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This page is an alphabetic list of satellite bus designs representing multiple similar artificial satellites being built to the same basic design.

Satellite buses

Satellite bus Origin Manufacturer Maximum
Satellite Payload Mass
(kg) 		Total Mass (fueled bus
plus sat payload)
(kg) 		Price
(Mil US$) 		Launches Status First flight Last flight Comment
Arkyd 100 United States Planetary Resources Development[1] Arkyd 100
ATK 100 United States ATK Space Systems and Services 15 kg[2] Operational ATK 100
ATK 200 United States ATK Space Systems and Services 200 kg[2] Operational Formerly named, "Responsive Space Modular Bus"; used on ORS-1 and EO-1[2]
ATK 500 United States ATK Space Systems and Services 500 kg[2] 0 Development 2015 MEO/GEO/HEO/GSO; formerly named, "High End Modular Bus"; planned for DARPA Phoenix[2]
ATK 700 United States ATK Space Systems and Services 1,700 kg[2] 0 Development 2014? GEO/LEO/MEO/HEO/GTO; ViviSat[3]
CubeSat Kit[2] United States Pumpkin Inc. 1 kg 0 Development LEO;
Eurostar France, Great Britain, EADS Astrium 6,400 kg 40+ Operational 1990 GEO
HS-333 United States Hughes Space and Communications 54 kg[4] 560[5] 8[5] Retired 1972 1979[5] GEO; first satellite series; eight built, 300 watt, 12-channel, single-antenna
LS-1300 United States Space Systems/Loral 5,500–6700 kg[6] > 30 Operational 1984[6] 2012 GEO; previously named the FS-1300
Modular Common Spacecraft Bus United States NASA Ames Research Center } 1 Operational 2013 LADEE Very low-cost bus, capable of Lunar, Asteroidal, and Earth orbit missions.[7]
RS-300 United States Ball Aerospace <125 kg[8] 0 Operational
(as of 2009) 		RS-300
I-1K India Antrix Corporation <1,300 kg[9] Operational I-1000, Ideal for most small communication and meteorological satellites
I-2K India Antrix Corporation 1,540 kg - 2,800 kg[10] Operational I-2000,ideal for most of medium level communication payloads
I-3K India Antrix Corporation >3,000 kg[11] Operational I-3000, Advanced communication satellites of 3000 kg class with DC power up to 4.5k
I-4K India Antrix Corporation ~5,000 kg Development I-4000
SI-100 Korea Satrec 100 kg[12] Development SI-100
SI-200 Korea Satrec 200 kg[13] Operational SI-200
SI-300 Korea Satrec 300 kg[14] ? SI-300
SNC-100 United States SNC Space Systems 100 kg[15] 0 Development 2013 SNC-100
SNC-100-L1 United States SNC Space Systems 100 kg[16] 0 Development Optimized for LauncherOne[16]
Spacebus 100 France Thales Alenia Space 1,170 kg[6] 3 Operational[17] 1985[6] [note 1] GEO; used for Arabsat-1A
Spacebus 300 France Thales Alenia Space 5 Operational 1987 1990 GEO
Spacebus 2000 France Thales Alenia Space 11 Operational 1990 1998 GEO
Spacebus 3000 France Thales Alenia Space 27 Operational 1996 2010 GEO
Spacebus 4000 France Thales Alenia Space 29 Operational 2005 2012 GEO
SpaceEye-1 Korea Satrec 300 kg[14] ? SpaceEye-1
SpaceEye-2 Korea Satrec 200 kg[14] ? SpaceEye-2
SpaceEye-10 Korea Satrec 100 kg[14] ? SpaceEye-10
SSTL-100LO United Kingdom Surrey Satellite Technology 100 kg[16] 0 Development Optimized for LauncherOne[16]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Eric Anderson (30 Aug 2012). Eric Anderson – The Arkyd Series (video interview). moonandback.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Werner, Debra (2012-08-13). "Builder Packing More Capability into Small Satellites". Space News. p. 13. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "ATK: Introducing the expanded product line of agile spacecraft buses". Space News. 2012-08-13. pp. 16–17. ATK A100 THEMIS; ATK A200 ORS-1, TacSat3, and EO-1; ATK A500 DARPA Phoenix; ATK A700 ViviSat
  4. ^ Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Space and Communications Group, SBS F6 Prime sales brochure, 1985
  5. ^ a b c Krebs, Gunter. "Hughes: HS-333 / HS-356". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d "Space Service Loral (SSL): LS-1300". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2012-08-25. Cite error: The named reference "GSP20120825" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ NASA Lunar Science Institute, Common Spacecraft Bus for Lunar Explorer Missions, includes video.
  8. ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Ball: RS-300". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  9. ^ "SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SUB SYSTEMS". Antrix Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  10. ^ "SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SUB SYSTEMS". Antrix Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  11. ^ "SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SUB SYSTEMS". Antrix Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  12. ^ Wade, Mark. "Satrec". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  13. ^ Krebs, Gunter (2012-02-09). "Satrec Initiative: SI-200". Skyrocket.de (Gunter's Space Page). Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  14. ^ a b c d "Satellite System Products". Satrec Initiative. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  15. ^ "SN-100 Small Satellite Production Line". Space News. 2012-08-13. p. 21. first 18 satellites [are] in production
  16. ^ a b c d "Virgin Galactic relaunches its smallsat launch business". NewSpace Journal. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-08-25. develop versions of their smallsat bus optimized to the design of LauncherOne." Cite error: The named reference "nsj20120711" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  17. ^ Harland, David M (2005). Space Systems Failures (2006 ed.). Chichester: Springer-Praxis. p. 221. ISBN 0-387-21519-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

Notes

  1. ^ It is not clear from the sources if the Spacebus 100 satellite bus is still on offer.


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