DS2000


The DS2000 is a geostationary communications satellite bus designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric of Japan. Designed to carry payloads between and, 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.
SatelliteOrderLaunchLaunch ResultLaunch VehicleLaunch MassStatusRemarks
DRTS 2002-09-10H-2A-2024
ETS-VIII 2006-12-18H-2A-204
MTSAT-2 20002006-02-18H-2A-2024
Superbird-7 20052008-08-14Ariane 5 ECA
QZS-1 2010-09-11H-2A-202
ST-220082011-05-20Ariane 5 ECA
Himawari 820092014-10-07H-2A-202
Türksat 4A20112014-02-14Proton-M/Briz-M
Türksat 4B20112015-10-16Proton-M/Briz-M
Himawari 920092016-11-02H-2A-202
DSN-2 2017-01-24H-2A-204
QZS-2 20132017-06-01H-2A-202
QZS-3 20132017-08-19H-2A-204
QZS-4 20132017-10-09H-2A-202
Superbird-8 / DSN-1 20142018-4-5Ariane 5 ECA
Es'hail 220142018-11-15Falcon 9 Full Thrust