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.

## Contents

* 1 Satellite buses
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 Notes

## 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  | Comment

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A2100  | United States  | Lockheed Martin |  |  |  | 56[1] | Operational  | 1996  | 2019  | GEO
Alphabus | France | Thales Alenia[2] and EADS Astrium  |  |  | 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 | United States | SpaceQuest, Ltd. |  | 13 kg  | 1.25[3] | 2 | Operational  | 2002  | 2014  |
ARSAT-3K | Argentina | INVAP  | 350 kg (770 lb)  | 3,000 kg (6,600 lb)  | 190 | 2 | Operational  | 2014  | 2015  | GEO
ATK 100  | United States  | ATK Space Systems and Services | 15 kg[4] | 77 kg  |  | 5[5] | Operational  | 2007  | 2007  | used in THEMIS constellation only
ATK 200  | United States  | 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  | United States  | 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  | United States  | ATK Space Systems and Services | 1,700 kg[4] |  |  | 0 | Development  |  |  | GEO/LEO/MEO/HEO/GTO; ViviSat[6]
Ball Configurable Platform 100  | United States  | Ball Aerospace  | 70 kg  | 180 kg  |  | 3[7] | Operational  | 1994[7] |  | BCP 100[8]
Ball Configurable Platform 300  | United States  | Ball Aerospace  |  | 750 kg  |  | 3[9] | Operational  | 1999  | 2009
Ball Configurable Platform 2000  | United States  | Ball Aerospace  |  | 2,200 kg  |  | 5[9] | Operational  | 1999  | 2011  |
Ball Configurable Platform 5000  | United States  | Ball Aerospace  |  | 2,800 kg  |  | 3 | Operational  | 2007  | 2014  | Used by all WorldView satellites
Boeing 601 | United States  | Boeing Satellite Development Center |  |  |  | 75 | Operational  | 1993  | 2014  | 4.8 kW standard, 10 kW for Boeing 601HP
Boeing 702 | United States  | Boeing Satellite Development Center |  |  |  | 47[10] | Operational  | 1999  | 2019  | power range 3–18 kW in four sub-models
TubeSat Kit[11] | United States  | Interorbital Systems | 0.5 kg  | 0.75 kg  | 0.008[12] | 0  | Development  |  |  | LEO
CubeSat Kit[4] | United States  | Pumpkin Inc. | 1.65 kg  | 3 kg  | 0.194[13] | 23 | Operational  | 2007  | 2012  | LEO;
CubeSat GOMX[14] | Denmark | 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 | United States  | 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 | United States  | Hughes Space and Communications  |  | 1,450 kg[17] |  | 58[17] | Retired  | 1978  | 2003[17] | GEO
HS-393 | United States  | Hughes Space and Communications  |  | 2,478 kg[18] |  | 3[18] | Retired  | 1985  | 1990[18] | GEO
I-1K | India  | ISRO |  | 1,425 kg[19] |  | 4 | Operational  | 2002  | 2014  |
I-2K | India  | ISRO | 1,400 kg  | 2,800 kg[20] |  | 20 | Operational  | 1992  | 2014  | DC power up to 3KW
I-3K | India  | ISRO |  | 3,460 kg[21] |  | 5 | Operational  | 2005  | 2012  | DC power up to 6.5KW
I-4K | India  | ISRO |  | 4,000 kg – 5,000 kg[22][23] |  | 0 | Development  | 2014  |  | DC power up to 13KW
I-6K | India  | ISRO |  | 5,000 kg – 6,500 kg [24][25] |  | 1  | Operational  | 2018  | 2018  | DC power up to 15KW
IMS 1 | India  | ISRO | 30 kg  | 100 kg  |  | 2 | Operational  | 2008  | 2011  | 220 W power
IMS 2 | India  | ISRO | 200 kg  | 450 kg[26][27][28] |  | 1 | Operational  | 2013  | 2013  | 800 W power
PSLV Orbital Experiment Module | India  | ISRO | 30 kg  | 930 kg  |  | 3 | Operational  | 2022  | 2023  | 200 - 500 W power
SSL 1300 | United States  | SSL |  | 3,000–6,700 kg (approx.)[29] |  | 118 | Operational  | 1984[29] | 2017  | GEO; previously named the LS-1300
Modular Common Spacecraft Bus | United States  | NASA Ames Research Center  | 50 kg  | 383+ kg[30] | 4.0  | 1 | Operational  | 2013 LADEE |  | Low-cost interplanetary bus.[31]
Photon | United States  | 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 | United States  | 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  | United States  | 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  | United States  | SNC Space Systems  | 100 kg[38] |  |  | 0 | Development  |  |  | Optimized for LauncherOne[38]
Spacebus 100  | France  | Aerospatiale  |  | 1,170 kg[39] |  | 3 | Unknown[40] | 1981[39] | 1981  | GEO
Spacebus 300  | France  | Aerospatiale  |  |  | 5 | Retired  | 1987  | 1990  | GEO
Spacebus 2000  | France  | Aerospatiale  |  |  | 11 | Retired  | 1990  | 1998  | GEO
Spacebus 3000  | France  | Aerospatiale  |  |  | 27 | 1996  | 2010  | GEO
Spacebus 4000  | France  | Alcatel Space – Thales Alenia Space |  |  | 33 | 2005  | 2019  | GEO
STAR-1 | United States  | Orbital Sciences  |  |  |  | 1 | Retired  | 1997[41] | 2001  | GEO
STAR-2 (GEOStar-2)  | United States  | Orbital Sciences  | 500 kg  | 3,325 kg  |  | 33[42] | Operational  | 2002[41] | 2013  | GEO, 5550 W
GEOStar-3 | United States  | Orbital Sciences  | 800 kg  | 5,000 kg  |  | 0 | Development  |  |  | GEO, 8000 W
SSTL-70 (Microsat-70)  | United Kingdom  | Surrey Satellite Technology | 30 kg  | 70 kg  |  | 16 | Retired  | 1992  | 2001  |
SSTL-100 | United Kingdom  | Surrey Satellite Technology | 15 kg  | 100 kg  | 10.0  | 8 | Operational  | 2003  | 2012  |
SSTL-100LO | United Kingdom  | Surrey Satellite Technology |  | 100 kg[38] |  | 0 | Development  |  |  | Optimized for LauncherOne[38]
SSTL-150 | United Kingdom  | Surrey Satellite Technology | 50 kg  | 177 kg  | 16.5  | 11 | Operational  | 2005  | 2014  |
SSTL-300 | United Kingdom  | Surrey Satellite Technology | 150 kg  | 300 kg  | 23.5  | 1 | Operational  | 2011  | 2011  |
SSTL-400 (Minisat-400)  | United Kingdom  | Surrey Satellite Technology |  | 400 kg  |  | 1 | Retired  | 1999  | 1999  |
SSTL-600 Satellite Platform | United Kingdom  | 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

* Category:Satellite buses
* Launch vehicle
* Product model

## References

1. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Lockheed Martin: A2100". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/lockheed_a2100.htm.
2. ↑ "Alphabus development well under way". Thales Alenia Space. 2007-11-23. http://www.thalesonline.com/space/Press-Room/Press-Release-search-all/Press-Release-search-result/Press-Release-Article.html?link=4b7c0e3f-777a-2f43-584b-073c44751a79:central&locale=EN-gb&Title=Alphabus+development+well+under+way&dis=1.
3. ↑ "AprizeSat". Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20090805043605/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/aprzesat.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Werner, Debra (2012-08-13). "Builder Packing More Capability into Small Satellites". Space News: p. 13.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "ATK’s New Small Satellite Spacecraft Platforms". SpaceRef.com. July 30, 2012. https://spaceref.com/space-commerce/atks-new-small-satellite-spacecraft-platforms/.
6. ↑ "ATK: Introducing the expanded product line of agile spacecraft buses". Space News: pp. 16–17. 2012-08-13. "ATK A100 THEMIS; ATK A200 ORS-1, TacSat3, and EO-1; ATK A500 DARPA Phoenix; ATK A700 ViviSat"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Ball Aerospace Configurable Platforms". Product Brochure. Ball Aerospace. January 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181742/http://www.ballaerospace.com/file/media/D1920_BCP SC_01_14_2.pdf. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
8. ↑ "Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM)". Ball Aerospace. 2014. http://www.ballaerospace.com/page.jsp?page=281. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Ball Aerospace Configurable Platforms". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181742/http://www.ballaerospace.com/file/media/D1920_BCP SC_01_14_2.pdf. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
10. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Hughes / Boeing: HS-702 / BSS-702, HS-GEM / BSS-GEM (Geomobile)". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/hs-702.htm.
11. ↑ "TubeSat_1". http://www.interorbital.com/interorbital_03302014_002.htm.
12. ↑ "Interorbital Systems TubeSat Satelite Kit". http://www.interorbital.com/Downloads/TubeSat Sales Brochure Publish 2.0.pdf.
13. ↑ "PL-1 Pumpkin Price List". Pumpkin, Inc.. April 9, 2022. http://www.pumpkininc.com/content/doc/forms/pricelist.pdf.
14. ↑ "Cubesat and nano-satellite solutions". http://gomspace.com/index.php?p=products-platforms.
15. ↑ Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Space and Communications Group, SBS F6 Prime sales brochure, 1985
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Krebs, Gunter. "Hughes: HS-333 / HS-356". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/hs-333-356.htm. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Krebs, Gunter. "Hughes / Boeing: HS-376 / BSS-376". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/hs-376.htm. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Krebs, Gunter. "Hughes: HS-333 / HS-356". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/hs-393.htm. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
19. ↑ "SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SUB SYSTEMS". Antrix Corporation. http://www.antrix.gov.in/I-1K.pdf. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
20. ↑ "SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SUB SYSTEMS". Antrix Corporation. http://www.antrix.gov.in/I-2K.pdf. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
21. ↑ "SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SUB SYSTEMS". Antrix Corporation. http://www.antrix.gov.in/I-3K.pdf. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
22. ↑ "Gsat-11". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140107071044/http://www.sac.gov.in/SACSITE/GSAT-11.html. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
23. ↑ "Welcome to Indian Space Research Organisation :: Current Programme". http://www.isro.org/scripts/futureprogramme.aspx.
24. ↑ "GSAT-11 Mission – ISRO". https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-11-mission.
25. ↑ "ISRO: I-6K (I-6000) Bus". https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/isro_i6k.htm.
26. ↑ "Welcome to ISRO :: Satellites :: Earth Observation Satellite :: IMS-1". http://www.isro.org/satellites/ims-1.aspx.
27. ↑ "Welcome to ISRO :: Satellites :: Earth Observation Satellite :: RISAT-2". http://www.isro.org/satellites/saral.aspx.
28. ↑ "NNRMS Bulletin No. 37". http://www.isro.org/newsletters/contents/nnrms/NNRMS Bulletin 2013.pdf.
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Space Service Loral (SSL): LS-1300". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/ssloral-1300.htm. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
30. ↑ Graham, William (2013-09-06). "Orbital's Minotaur V launches LADEE mission to the Moon". NASAspaceflight.com. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/09/orbitals-minotaur-v-launch-ladee-mission-moon/. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
31. ↑ NASA Lunar Science Institute, Common Spacecraft Bus for Lunar Explorer Missions, includes video.
32. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Ball: RS-300". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/ball_rs-300.htm. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
33. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Satrec". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/satrec.htm. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
34. ↑ Krebs, Gunter (2012-02-09). "Satrec Initiative: SI-200". Skyrocket.de (Gunter's Space Page). http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/satreci_si-200.htm. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
35. ↑ "Satellite System Products". Satrec Initiative. 2012. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716010205/http://www.satreci.com/eng/ds1_1.html?tno=10. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
36. ↑ "SN-100 Small Satellite Production Line". Space News: p. 21. 2012-08-13. "first 18 satellites [are] in production"
37. ↑ Graham, William (2014-07-14). "SpaceX's Falcon 9 set for fourth attempt to launch Orbcomm OG2 mission". NASAspaceflight.com. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-orbcomm-og2-mission/. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 "Virgin Galactic relaunches its smallsat launch business". NewSpace Journal. 2012-07-12. http://www.newspacejournal.com/2012/07/11/virgin-galactic-relaunches-its-smallsat-launch-business/. Retrieved 2012-08-25. ""develop versions of their smallsat bus optimized to the design of LauncherOne.""
39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Krebs, Gunter. "Arabsat 1A, 1B, 1C / Insat 2DT". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/arabsat-1a.htm. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
40. ↑ Harland, David M; Lorenz, Ralph D. (2005). Space Systems Failures (2006 ed.). Chichester: Springer-Praxis. p. 221. ISBN 0-387-21519-0.
41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 "GEOStar Brochure". Orbital Sciences. 2012. http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/Publications/GEO_Brochure.pdf. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
42. ↑ "Home". http://www.orbital.com/SatelliteSpaceSystems/Publications/GEOStar-2_factsheet.pdf.

## Notes

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

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