Comparison of satellite buses
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This page includes a list of satellite buses, of which multiple similar artificial satellites have been, or are being, built to the same model of structural frame, propulsion, spacecraft power and intra-spacecraft communication. Only commercially available (in present or past) buses are included, thus excluding series-produced proprietary satellites operated only by their makers.
Satellite buses
Satellite bus | Origin | Manufacturer | Maximum Satellite Payload Mass (kg) |
Total Mass (fueled bus plus sat payload) (kg) |
Price (Mil US$) |
Launched | Status | First flight | Last flight | Kommentar |
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A2100 | Vereinigte Staaten | Lockheed Martin | 56[1] | Operational | 1996 | 2019 | GEO | |||
Alphabus | Frankreich | Thales Alenia[2] and EADS Astrium | 6,550 kg[citation needed] | 1 | Operational | 2013 | Alphabus | |||
AMOS (original) | Israel | IAI | 2,000 | 3 | Retired | 2008 | GEO | |||
AMOS-4000 | Israel | IAI | 5,500 | 1 | Operational | 2013 | GEO | |||
Aprize | Vereinigte Staaten | SpaceQuest, Ltd. | 13 kg | 1.25[3] | 2 | Operational | 2002 | 2014 | ||
ARSAT-3K | Argentinien | INVAP | 350 kg (770 lb) | 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) | 190 | 2 | Operational | 2014 | 2015 | GEO |
ATK 100 | Vereinigte Staaten | ATK Space Systems and Services | 15 kg[4] | 77 kg | 5[5] | Operational | 2007 | 2007 | used in THEMIS constellation only | |
ATK 200 | Vereinigte Staaten | ATK Space Systems and Services | 200 kg[4] | 573 kg | 3[5] | Operational | 2000 | 2012 | Formerly named, "Responsive Space Modular Bus";scaled-down ATK 150 option is also available | |
ATK 500 | Vereinigte Staaten | ATK Space Systems and Services | 500 kg[4] | 0 | Development | 2015 | MEO/GEO/HEO/GSO; formerly named, "High End Modular Bus"; planned for DARPA Phoenix[4] | |||
ATK 700 | Vereinigte Staaten | ATK Space Systems and Services | 1,700 kg[4] | 0 | Development | GEO/LEO/MEO/HEO/GTO; ViviSat[6] | ||||
Ball Configurable Platform 100 | Vereinigte Staaten | Ball Aerospace | 70 kg | 180 kg | 3[7] | Operational | 1994[7] | BCP 100[8] | ||
Ball Configurable Platform 300 | Vereinigte Staaten | Ball Aerospace | 750 kg | 3[9] | Operational | 1999 | 2009 | |||
Ball Configurable Platform 2000 | Vereinigte Staaten | Ball Aerospace | 2,200 kg | 5[9] | Operational | 1999 | 2011 | |||
Ball Configurable Platform 5000 | Vereinigte Staaten | Ball Aerospace | 2,800 kg | 3 | Operational | 2007 | 2014 | Used by all WorldView satellites | ||
Boeing 601 | Vereinigte Staaten | Boeing Satellite Development Center | 75 | Operational | 1993 | 2014 | 4.8 kW standard, 10 kW for Boeing 601HP | |||
Boeing 702 | Vereinigte Staaten | Boeing Satellite Development Center | 47[10] | Operational | 1999 | 2019 | power range 3–18 kW in four sub-models | |||
TubeSat Kit[11] | Vereinigte Staaten | Interorbital Systems | 0.5 kg | 0.75 kg | 0.008[12] | 0 | Development | LEO | ||
CubeSat Kit[4] | Vereinigte Staaten | Pumpkin Inc. | 1.65 kg | 3 kg | 0.194[13] | 23 | Operational | 2007 | 2012 | LEO; |
CubeSat GOMX[14] | Dänemark | GomSpace | 1.50 kg | 3 kg | 1 | Operational | 2013 | 2013 | LEO; | |
DFH-3 | China | China Academy of Space Technology | 230 kg – 450 kg | 2,320 kg – 3,800 kg | 47 | Operational | 1994 | 2020 | ||
DFH-4 | China | China Academy of Space Technology | 800 kg – 1,000 kg | 5,100 kg – 5,300 kg | 41 | Operational | 2006 | 2022 | ||
DFH-5 | China | China Academy of Space Technology | 1,200 kg – 2,200 kg | 6,500 kg – 9,000 kg | 41 | Operational | 2017 | 2022 | ||
DS2000 | Japan | MELCO | 5,800 kg | 9 | Operational | 2015 | GEO | |||
Eurostar | France, United Kingdom, | Airbus (former EADS Astrium) | 6,400 kg | 76 | Operational | 1990 | 2019 | GEO, models E1000,E2000,E2000+,E3000 | ||
HS-333 | Vereinigte Staaten | Hughes Space and Communications | 54 kg[15] | 560 kg[16] | 8[16] | Retired | 1972 | 1979[16] | GEO; first satellite series; 300 watt, 12-channel, single-antenna | |
HS-376 | Vereinigte Staaten | Hughes Space and Communications | 1,450 kg[17] | 58[17] | Retired | 1978 | 2003[17] | GEO | ||
HS-393 | Vereinigte Staaten | Hughes Space and Communications | 2,478 kg[18] | 3[18] | Retired | 1985 | 1990[18] | GEO | ||
I-1K | Indien | ISRO | 1,425 kg[19] | 4 | Operational | 2002 | 2014 | |||
I-2K | Indien | ISRO | 1,400 kg | 2,800 kg[20] | 20 | Operational | 1992 | 2014 | DC power up to 3KW | |
I-3K | Indien | ISRO | 3,460 kg[21] | 5 | Operational | 2005 | 2012 | DC power up to 6.5KW | ||
I-4K | Indien | ISRO | 4,000 kg – 5,000 kg[22][23] | 0 | Development | 2014 | DC power up to 13KW | |||
I-6K | Indien | ISRO | 5,000 kg – 6,500 kg [24][25] | 1 | Operational | 2018 | 2018 | DC power up to 15KW | ||
IMS 1 | Indien | ISRO | 30 kg | 100 kg | 2 | Operational | 2008 | 2011 | 220 W power | |
IMS 2 | Indien | ISRO | 200 kg | 450 kg[26][27][28] | 1 | Operational | 2013 | 2013 | 800 W power | |
PSLV Orbital Experiment Module | Indien | ISRO | 30 kg | 930 kg | 3 | Operational | 2022 | 2023 | 200 - 500 W power | |
SSL 1300 | Vereinigte Staaten | SSL (company) | 3,000–6,700 kg (approx.)[29] | 118 | Operational | 1984[29] | 2017 | GEO; previously named the LS-1300 | ||
Modular Common Spacecraft Bus | Vereinigte Staaten | NASA Ames Research Center | 50 kg | 383+ kg[30] | 4.0 | 1 | Operational | 2013 LADEE | Low-cost interplanetary bus.[31] | |
Photon | Vereinigte Staaten | Rocket Lab | 170 kg | 2 | Development | 2020 | LEO, SSO and interplanetary versions. First operational mission, NASA's CAPSTONE mission occurred in June 2022. | |||
RS-300 | Vereinigte Staaten | Ball Aerospace | 125+ kg[32] | 2 | Operational (as of 2009[update]) |
RS-300 | ||||
SI-100 | Korea | Satrec | 100 kg[33] | 0 | Development | SI-100 | ||||
SI-200 | Korea | Satrec | 200 kg[34] | 1 | Operational | 2009 | 2009 | copy of RazakSAT, used in DubaiSat-1 | ||
SI-300 | Korea | Satrec | 300 kg[35] | 2 | Operational | 2013 | 2014 | SI-200 with larger battery, used for Deimos-2 and DubaiSat-2 | ||
SNC-100 | Vereinigte Staaten | SNC Space Systems | 100 kg[36]–172 kg[37] | 116 kg-277 kg | 9 | Operational | 2006 | SNC-100A (OG2), SNC-100B, SNC-100C, Trailblazer was lost in launch failure | ||
SNC-100-L1 | Vereinigte Staaten | SNC Space Systems | 100 kg[38] | 0 | Development | Optimized for LauncherOne[38] | ||||
Spacebus 100 | Frankreich | Aerospatiale | 1,170 kg[39] | 3 | Unknown[40] | 1981[39] | 1981 | GEO | ||
Spacebus 300 | Frankreich | Aerospatiale | 2,100 kg (approx.)[citation needed] | 5 | Retired | 1987 | 1990 | GEO | ||
Spacebus 2000 | Frankreich | Aerospatiale | 1,900 kg (approx.)[citation needed] | 11 | Retired | 1990 | 1998 | GEO | ||
Spacebus 3000 | Frankreich | Aerospatiale | 2,800-3200 kg (approx.)[citation needed] | 27 | Operational[citation needed] | 1996 | 2010 | GEO | ||
Spacebus 4000 | Frankreich | Alcatel Space – Thales Alenia Space | 3,000-5700 kg (approx.)[citation needed] | 33 | Operational[citation needed] | 2005 | 2019 | GEO | ||
STAR-1 | Vereinigte Staaten | Orbital Sciences | 1 | Retired | 1997[41] | 2001 | GEO | |||
STAR-2 (GEOStar-2) | Vereinigte Staaten | Orbital Sciences | 500 kg | 3,325 kg | 33[42] | Operational | 2002[41] | 2013 | GEO, 5550 W | |
GEOStar-3 | Vereinigte Staaten | Orbital Sciences | 800 kg | 5,000 kg | 0 | Development | GEO, 8000 W | |||
SSTL-70 (Microsat-70) | Vereinigtes Königreich | Surrey Satellite Technology | 30 kg | 70 kg | 16 | Retired | 1992 | 2001 | ||
SSTL-100 | Vereinigtes Königreich | Surrey Satellite Technology | 15 kg | 100 kg | 10.0 | 8 | Operational | 2003 | 2012 | |
SSTL-100LO | Vereinigtes Königreich | Surrey Satellite Technology | 100 kg[38] | 0 | Development | Optimized for LauncherOne[38] | ||||
SSTL-150 | Vereinigtes Königreich | Surrey Satellite Technology | 50 kg | 177 kg | 16.5 | 11 | Operational | 2005 | 2014 | |
SSTL-300 | Vereinigtes Königreich | Surrey Satellite Technology | 150 kg | 300 kg | 23.5 | 1 | Operational | 2011 | 2011 | |
SSTL-400 (Minisat-400) | Vereinigtes Königreich | Surrey Satellite Technology | 400 kg | 1 | Retired | 1999 | 1999 | |||
SSTL-600 Satellite Platform | Vereinigtes Königreich | Surrey Satellite Technology | 200 kg | 600 kg | 36.0 | 1 | Operational | 2005 | 2005 |
Legend for abbreviations in the table:
- GEO – Geostationary orbit
- GSO – Geosynchronous orbit
- GTO – Geostationary transfer orbit
- HCO – Heliocentric orbit
- HEO – High Earth orbit
- LEO – Low Earth orbit
- MEO – Medium Earth orbit
- SSO – Sun-synchronous orbit
- TLI – Trans Lunar Injection
- TMI-Trans Mars Injection
See also
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Notes
It is not clear from the sources if the Spacebus 100 satellite bus is still on offer.