GEOStar-1

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The GEOStar-1 is a communications satellite spacecraft model made by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems in the late 1990s [1] for telecommunications in geosynchronous orbit. [2] The GEOStar-1 satellite bus is designed for a 15-year mission [3] and was compatible with the Ariane 4, Ariane 5, Delta II, Proton (rocket family), and Long March (rocket family).

Satellite Orders

SatelliteCountryOperatorTypeCoverageLaunch date (GMT)RocketChangesStatus
BSAT-2a Japan BSAT Corp Television broadcasting4 Ku-band8 March 2001 Ariane 5G Retired
BSAT-2b Japan BSAT Corp Television broadcasting4 Ku-band12 July 2001 Ariane 5G Partial launch failure
BSAT-2c Japan BSAT Corp Television broadcasting4 Ku-band11 June 2003 Ariane 5G Retired
IndoStar-1 IndonesiaMedia Citra IndovisionTelevision broadcasting5 S-band12 November 1997 Ariane 44L Retired

References

  1. ↑ "GSSAP – Spacecraft & Satellites". Archived from the original on 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  2. ↑ "OSC: StarBus → Star-1". 27 August 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "OSC → Orbital ATK → Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS): Aquila → GeoStar-1". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2021-04-18.



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