• The DS2000 is a geostationary communications satellite bus designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric of Japan. Designed to carry payloads between...
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    Satellite bus NASA Ames MCSB SSL 1300 Orbital ATK GEOStar Mitsubishi Electric DS2000 Spacecraft bus of the James Webb Space Telescope SPUTNIX TabletSat SPUTNIX...
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    backup to the MTSAT-1R. The MTSAT-2 uses the DS2000 satellite bus developed by Mitsubishi Electric. The DS2000 is also used for the DRTS Kodama, ETS-VIII...
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    Himawari 8 (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    from Boeing, and is the first of two similar satellites to be based on the DS2000 satellite bus. Himawari 8 entered operational service on 7 July 2015 and...
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  • Superbird-B3 (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    JSAT Group and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 satellite bus. It is intended to replace Superbird-B2 on the 162° East,...
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  • Türksat 4A (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    constructed by Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) of Japan, based on the MELCO DS2000 satellite bus, and was launched by the American-Russian joint-venture company...
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  • ST-2 (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    a ST-2 is a replacement for the ST-1 satellite. It is built around the DS2000 spacecraft bus. It is in geosynchronous orbit at 88 deg. East, and is operated...
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  • for communications applications. Satellites using the NEXTAR platform. DS2000 - Mitsubishi Electric's standard satellite bus Star Bus – Another comparable...
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  • 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...
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  • 2014, JSAT announced that it had placed an order with MELCO to procure a DS2000 model for the Superbird-8 satellite, intended to replace Superbird-B2 and...
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    Türksat 4B (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    of Japan was in charge of the construction of the satellite's base MELCO DS2000, and the American-Russian joint-venture company International Launch Services...
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  • announced that it had placed an order with MELCO and its satellite platform DS2000 for its Superbird-8 satellite. It would replace Superbird-B2 and be positioned...
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    within Japan, leading to strong technical capabilities in this field. The DS2000 satellite bus, used for Kiku 8, was also used for the meteorological satellite...
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  • insight. SunGard Public Sector Limited of Chippenham, Wiltshire for SunGard dS2000 – radio and telecommunications solution to enable a rapid response by emergency...
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  • of Türksat 4A and Türksat 4B, might join the project to provide a MELCO DS2000 satellite bus for the satellite. But on 9 November 2017, Airbus Defence...
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  • Superbird-C2 (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    Corporation and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 satellite bus. It had a launch weight of 4,820 kg (10,630 lb), a 15-year...
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    Es'hail 2 (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    no. 43700 Mission duration 15 years (planned) Spacecraft properties Bus DS2000 Manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Launch mass 5,300 kilograms (11,700 lb)...
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    Himawari 9 (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    no. 41836 Mission duration 8 years (planned) Spacecraft properties Bus DS2000 Manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Launch mass 3500 kg Dry mass 1300 kg Power...
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  • duration 2 years, 6 months and 22 days (in progress) Spacecraft properties Bus DS2000 Manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Launch mass 4,100 kg (9,000 lb) Dimensions...
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  • DSN-2 (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    DSN-2, also known as Kirameki-2 (きらめき), is a geostationary communications satellite to be operated by DSN Corporation, a subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT...
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  • ETS-VIII (category Satellites using the DS2000 bus)
    JAXA Engineering Test Satellite ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) was the eighth technology test satellite in a series which started with ETS-1 in 1975 by NASDA. It was...
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