DS2000

DS2000
Manufacturer	MELCO
Country of origin	Japan
Applications	Communications
Specifications
Spacecraft type	Geostationary Communications satellite
Launch mass	3 t (3.3 tons) to 5 t (5.5 tons)
Power	Up to 15 kW
Batteries	Li-ion
Regime	Geostationary
Design life	At least 15 years
Production
Status	In production
On order	16
Built	16
Launched	16
Maiden launch	DRTS (Kodama), September 10, 2002
Last launch	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 3 t (3.3 tons) and 5 t (5.5 tons), 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.^[2]^[3]

According to Moog-ISP, the DS2000 platform uses its bipropellant thrusters.^[4]

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