BSAT-2c

BSAT-2c was designed and manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation on the STAR-1 satellite bus for B-SAT. It had a launch mass of 1,275 kg (2,811 lb), a dry mass of 535 kg (1,179 lb), and a 10-year design life.^[8] As all four STAR-1 satellites, it had a solid rocket Star 30CBP apogee kick motor for orbit raising, plus 200 kg (440 lb) of propellant for its liquid propellant station keeping thrusters.^[5][2][9]

It measured 3.7 m × 2.5 m × 2 m (12.1 ft × 8.2 ft × 6.6 ft) when stowed for launch. Its dual wing solar panels could generate 2.6 kW of power at the beginning of its design life, and it span was 11.5 m (38 ft) when fully deployed.^[8]

It had a single K_u band payload with four active transponders plus four spares with a TWTA output power of 130 Watts.^[4][8]

In March 1999, B-SAT ordered from Orbital Sciences Corporation two satellites based on the STAR-1 platform: BSAT-2a and BSAT-2b.^[7] This was the second order of the bus and the first since Orbital had acquired CTA Space Systems, the original developer.^[2] During 2001, BSAT-2a was successfully launched, but BSAT-2b was orbited into an incorrect orbit and was considered lost. In October of the same year, B-SAT contracted Orbital for a near copy replacement of the lost spacecraft, called BSAT-2c.

BSAT-2c was launched aboard an Ariane 5G at 22:38 UTC, June 11, 2003, from Guiana Space Center ELA-3.^[10] It rode on the lower berth below Optus C1.^[8] On July 15, BSAT-2c was commissioned into service starting the broadcast of digital signals.^[1][7]

B-SAT ended the broadcast of analog television in July 2011. During August 2013, BSAT-2c was sent to a graveyard orbit and decommissioned.^[7][4]