DS2000 | |
Manufacturer: | MELCO |
Country: | Japan |
Applications: | Communications |
Spacecraft Type: | Geostationary Communications satellite |
Design Life: | At least 15 years |
Launch Mass: | 3tonne to 5tonne |
Power: | Up to 15 kW |
Batteries: | Li-ion |
Orbits: | Geostationary |
Status: | In production |
Built: | 16 |
Orders: | 16 |
Launched: | 16 |
First: | DRTS (Kodama), September 10, 2002 |
Last: | Es'hail 2, November 15, 2018 |
The DS2000 is a geostationary communications satellite bus designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric of Japan. Designed to carry payloads between 3tonne and 5tonne, with power requirements of up to 15 kW. It 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.
Satellites using the DS2000 platform.
Satellite | Order | Launch | Launch vehicle | Launch mass | Launch result | |
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DRTS (Kodama) | 2002-09-10 | H2A 2024 | 2800kg (6,200lb) | |||
ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) | 2006-12-18 | H2A 204 | 5800kg (12,800lb) | |||
MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7) | 2000 | 2006-02-18 | H2A 2024 | 4650kg (10,250lb) | ||
Superbird-7 (Superbird-C2) | 2005 | 2008-08-14 | 4820kg (10,630lb) | |||
QZS-1 (Michibiki 1) | 2010-09-11 | H2A 202 | 4100kg (9,000lb) | |||
2008 | 2011-05-20 | 5090kg (11,220lb) | ||||
2009 | 2014-10-07 | H2A 202 | 3500kg (7,700lb) | |||
2011 | 2014-02-14 | 4850kg (10,690lb) | ||||
2011 | 2015-10-16 | Proton-M/Briz-M | 4924kg (10,856lb) | |||
2009 | 2016-11-02 | H2A 202 | 3500kg (7,700lb) | |||
DSN-2 (Kirameki 2) | 2017-01-24 | H2A 204 | ||||
QZS-2 (Michibiki 2) | 2013 | 2017-06-01 | H2A 202 | 4100kg (9,000lb) | ||
QZS-3 (Michibiki 3) | 2013 | 2017-08-19 | H2A 204 | 4100kg (9,000lb) | ||
QZS-4 (Michibiki 4) | 2013 | 2017-10-09 | H2A 202 | 4100kg (9,000lb) | ||
Superbird-8 / DSN-1 (Kirameki 1) | 2014 | 2018-04-05 | ||||
2014 | 2018-11-15 | 5300kg (11,700lb) |