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Photon is a satellite bus based on Rocket Lab the Electron kick stage. [1] It moves satellites into their appropriate orbits once boosted by rockets such as Electron. It is customizable to serve uses including LEO payload hosting, [2] lunar flybys, and interplanetary missions.
Ballard Power Systems Inc. Ballard Power Systems Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell products for markets such as heavy-duty motive (consisting of bus and tram applications), portable power, material handling as well as engineering services. Ballard has designed and shipped over 400 MW of fuel cell ...
The Ekspress-2000 (Russian: Экспресс-2000) is the fruits of the collaboration with Thales Alenia Space and their Spacebus 4000 experience with the Ekspress-1000H. [4] [9] It is a big platform for spacecraft massing up to 3,500 kilograms (7,700 lb), with space for 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) of payload and up to 14 kW of power generation and 7.5 kW of heat dissipation.
Comparison of satellite buses. 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 ...
Rocket Lab manufactures and operates spacecraft and is a supplier of satellite components including star trackers, reaction wheels, solar cells and arrays, satellite radios, separation systems, as well as flight and ground software. [17] The company was founded in New Zealand in 2006. [18] By 2009, [19] the successful launch of Ātea-1 [19 ...
Boeing 702 is a communication satellite bus family designed and manufactured by the Boeing Satellite Development Center, and flown from the late-1990s into the 2020s.It covers satellites massing from 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) to 6,100 kg (13,400 lb) with power outputs from 3 to 18 kW and can carry up to approximately 100 high-power transponders.
On 19 April 1971 a Proton orbited Salyut 1 the first space station to orbit the Earth. [11] On 19 May 1971 a Proton launched the Mars 2 probe to Mars. The orbiter was identical to the Venera 9 bus, and the lander was the first man made object to reach the surface of Mars. [11] On 8 June 1975 a Proton launched the Venera 9 to Venus.
USP (satellite bus) The USP, for Universal Space Platform ( Russian: Универсальная Космическая Платформа, romanized : Universal'naya Kosmicheskaya Platforma; Russian: УКП, romanized: UKP ), also known as Viktoria ( Виктория ), is a highly flexible satellite bus designed and manufactured by RSC Energia ...