Manufacturer MELCO Applications Communications | Country of origin Japan Design life at least 15 years | |
Spacecraft type Geostationary Communications satellite Launch mass 3 t (3.3 tons) to 5 t (5.5 tons) | ||
DS2000 is a geostationary communications satellite bus designed and manufactured by MELCO of Japan. The manufacturer claims it is the first ever Japanese standardized satellite platform. It's a flexible bus for satellites between 3 t (3.3 tons) and 5 t (5.5 tons), and a power generation of up to 15 kW. Its design life is of at least 15 years and is compatible with Ariane 5, Proton-M, Zenit-3SL, Atlas V, Falcon 9 and H-IIA.
According to Moog-ISP, the DS2000 platform uses its bipropellant thrusters.
List of satellites
Satellites using the DS2000 platform.
References
DS2000 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA