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STAR Bus
Not to be confused with
Tata Starbus
STAR Bus
is a
satellite platform
developed by Thomas van der Heyden co-founder of CTAI, later sold to and manufactured by
Orbital Sciences Corporation
with an
apogee kick motor
to place a
communications satellite
into
geostationary orbit
, a thruster to provide the satellite with
orbital station-keeping
for a 15-year mission, and
solar array
s to provide the satellite payload with 5 kW of electrical power.
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