DS2000

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| country =Japan

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| applications =Communications

| spacecraft_type =Geostationary Communications satellite

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| design_life = At least 15 years

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| power = Up to 15 kW

| batteries = Li-ion

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| orbits = Geostationary

| status = In production

| built = 16

| orders = 16

| launched = 16

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| first = DRTS (Kodama), September 10, 2002

| last = Es'hail 2, November 15, 2018

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The DS2000 is a geostationary communications satellite bus designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric of Japan. Designed to carry payloads between {{convert|3|tonne|abbr=on}} and {{convert|5|tonne|abbr=on}}, 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.

List of satellites

Satellites using the DS2000 platform.

class="wikitable"
SatelliteOrderLaunchLaunch vehicleLaunch massLaunch result
DRTS (Kodama){{N/a}}2002-09-10H2A 2024{{convert|2800|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
ETS-VIII (Kiku 8){{N/a}}2006-12-18H2A 204{{convert|5800|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7)20002006-02-18H2A 2024{{convert|4650|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
Superbird-7 (Superbird-C2)20052008-08-14Ariane 5 ECA{{convert|4820|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
QZS-1 (Michibiki 1){{N/a}}2010-09-11H2A 202{{convert|4100|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
ST-220082011-05-20Ariane 5 ECA{{convert|5090|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
Himawari 820092014-10-07H2A 202{{convert|3500|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
Türksat 4A20112014-02-14Proton-M/Briz-M{{convert|4850|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
Türksat 4B20112015-10-16Proton-M/Briz-M{{convert|4924|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
Himawari 920092016-11-02H2A 202{{convert|3500|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
DSN-2 (Kirameki 2)2017-01-24H2A 204{{Success}}
QZS-2 (Michibiki 2)20132017-06-01H2A 202{{convert|4100|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
QZS-3 (Michibiki 3)20132017-08-19H2A 204{{convert|4100|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
QZS-4 (Michibiki 4)20132017-10-09H2A 202{{convert|4100|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}
Superbird-8 / DSN-1 (Kirameki 1)20142018-04-05Ariane 5 ECA{{Success}}
Es'hail 220142018-11-15Falcon 9 Block 5{{convert|5300|kg|abbr=on}}{{Success}}

See also

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/d/ds2000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820094902/http://www.astronautix.com/d/ds2000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=DS2000 |access-date=2016-07-29}}

{{cite web |last1=Krebs |first1=Gunter Dirk |title=Mitsubishi Electric (Melco): DS-2000 |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/melco_ds-2000.htm |website=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=2016-07-20 |date=2016-04-21}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/satellite_platform/index.html |title=Satellite Platform DS2000 |publisher=Mitsubishi Electric |access-date=2016-07-29}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/satellite_components/bus_equipment/index.html#no01 |title=Satellite Components/Bus Equipment |publisher=Mitsubishi Electric |access-date=2016-07-29}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/satellite/index.html |title=Satellite Programs |publisher=Mitsubishi Electric |access-date=2016-07-29}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.moog.com/products/thrusters.html |title=Thrusters |publisher=Moog Inc. |access-date=2016-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810052623/http://www.moog.com/products/thrusters.html |archive-date=2016-08-10 |url-status=dead }}

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