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Lockheed Martin: A2100 / LM-2100

AMC 8 (A2100A) [Lockheed Martin]

NSS 6 (A2100AXS) [Lockheed Martin]

Garuda 1 (A2100AXX) [Lockheed Martin]

HellasSat 4/SaudiGeoSat 1 (A2100 upgraded) [Lockheed Martin]

The Lockheed Martin A2100 geosynchronous spacecraft series is designed to meet a wide variety of telecommunications needs including Ka-band broadband and broadcast services, fixed satellite services in C-band and Ku-band payload configurations, high-power direct broadcast services using the Ku-band frequency spectrum, and mobile satellite services using UHF, L-band and S-band payloads. The A2100's modular design features a reduction in parts, simplified construction, increased on-orbit reliability and reduced weight and cost.

The company has standardized on this bus. Much of the R&D is directed toward increasing the power available on the satellite and the A2100 bus, which is capable of generating 15 kW in its standard configuration. This involves work on the integration of new, higher efficiency solar cells, onto the innovative solar "pleated shades," the use of high efficiency, radiation cooled TWTAs, the design of more efficient heat pipes and fold out radiators and improved design for thermal dissipation. Company engineers make extensive use of CAD tools and claim that they can deliver a satellite that uses the A2100 bus in 18 months after receipt of the order.

The A2100 series is modular and can be configured in three different sizes:

  • A2100A = 1 to 4 kW
  • A2100AX =4 to x kW
  • A2100AXS: enhanced A2100AX
  • A2100AXX: stretched version for mobile communications

Additionally there is a A2100M version, which fullfills military requirements.

Reliability:

Following failures of A2100 models have occured:

  • EchoStar 4: 1998 - two of five panels on one solar array have not unfolded, later fuel system problems - partial loss
  • Nimiq 2: 2003 - power loss - reduced performance
  • Telkom 1: 1999 - solar array drive problems - no performance loss

Satellite Ordered Date Launcher Weight (kg) Remarks
Launch BOL
A2100A
AMC 10 (ex GE 10) 2001 05.02.2004 Atlas-2AS 2315
AMC 11 (ex GE 11) → Anik F4 2001 19.05.2004 Atlas-2AS 2315
AMC 18 (ex GE 18) 2001 08.12.2006 Ariane-5ECA 2081
BSat 3a 2005 14.08.2007 Ariane-5ECA 1970
BSat 3b 2008 28.10.2010 Ariane-5ECA 2060
BSat 3c/JCSAT 110R 2008 06.08.2011 Ariane-5ECA 2910
GE 1 → AMC 1 1993 08.09.1996 Atlas-2A 2783 1600
GE 2 → AMC 2 1993 30.01.1997 Ariane-44L H10-3   2648 1600
GE 3 → AMC 3 → Eagle 1 04.09.1997 Atlas-2AS   2845 1600
GE 7 → AMC 7 1999 14.09.2000 Ariane-5G 1984
GE 8 → AMC 8 (Aurora 3) 1999 20.12.2000 Ariane-5G 2015
GE 9 1999 cancelled Ariane-5 2120
GOES 16 (GOES R) 2008 19.11.2016 Atlas-5(541)¹ 5192
GOES 17 (GOES S) 2008 01.03.2018 Atlas-5(541)¹ 5192
GOES 18 (GOES T) 2013 01.03.2022 Atlas-5(541)² 5192
GOES U 2013 2024 Falcon-Heavy (Block 5)(px) 5192
Koreasat 3 (Mugunghwa 3) → ABS 7 1996 04.09.1999 Ariane-42P H10-3 2790
Nemesis 1 (PAN, P360, USA 207) 2006 08.09.2009 Atlas-5(401)
Nemesis 2 (CLIO, USA 257) 17.09.2014 Atlas-5(401) ?
Telkom 1 13.08.1999 Ariane-42P H10-3 2763
VINASAT 1 2006 18.04.2008 Ariane-5ECA 2637
VINASAT 2 2010 15.05.2012 Ariane-5ECA 2969
Zhongwei 1 (ChinaStar 1) → ZX 5A (ChinaSat 5A) → APStar 9A 1995 30.05.1998 CZ-3B 2984 1418
A2100AX
EchoStar 3 (ex DBSC 1) 05.10.1997 Atlas-2AS 3674
EchoStar 4 07.05.1998 Proton-K Blok-DM3 3478
EchoStar 7 2000 21.02.2002 Atlas-3B-DEC 4026
GE 1A → AAP 1 → Worldsat 1 → AAP 1 → NSS 11 01.10.2000 Proton-K Blok-DM3 3593
GE 4 → AMC 4 13.11.1999 Ariane-44LP H10-3 3895
GE 6 → AMC 6 (Rainbow 2) 1999 21.10.2000 Proton-K Blok-DM3 3909
LMI 1 → ABS 1 (Koreasat 7) → ABS 6 26.09.1999 Proton-K Blok-DM3 3740 1730
Nimiq 1 (Telesat-DTH 1) 20.05.1999 Proton-K Blok-DM3 3600
Nimiq 2 (Telesat-DTH 2) 2001 29.12.2002 Proton-M Briz-M (Mod 1) 3600
N-Sat 110 (JCSat 110, Superbird 5, Superbird D) 1998 06.10.2000 Ariane-42L H10-3 3531
A2100AXS
AMC 14 2003 14.03.2008 P Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.1) 4140
AMC 15 2002 14.10.2004 Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.1) 4021
AMC 16 2002 17.12.2004 Atlas-5(521)¹ 4065
Astra 1KR 2003 20.04.2006 Atlas-5(411)¹ 4332
Astra 1L 2003 04.05.2007 Ariane-5ECA 4497
EchoStar 10 2003 15.02.2006 Zenit-3SL (1) 4333
Jabiru 1 (MEASAT 3c) 2011 cancelled Ariane-5ECA 5900
JCSat 9 (JCSat 5A, N-Star d) 2003 12.04.2006 Zenit-3SL (2) 4401
JCSat 10 (JCSat 3A) 2004 11.08.2006 Ariane-5ECA 4048
JCSat 11 2005 05.09.2007 F Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.1) 4007
JCSat 12 (JCSat RA) 2007 21.08.2009 Ariane-5ECA 4000
JCSat 13 (JCSat 4B) 2009 15.05.2012 Ariane-5ECA 4528
NSS 6 2000 17.12.2002 Ariane-44L H10-3 4700
NSS 7 1999 16.04.2002 Ariane-44L H10-3 4692
Rainbow 1 → EchoStar 12 2001 17.07.2003 Atlas-5(521)¹ 4328
Rainbow Ka-1 2004 suspended
Rainbow Ka-2 2004 suspended
Rainbow Ka-3 2004 suspended
Rainbow Ka-4 2004 suspended
Rainbow Ka-5 2004 suspended
Sirius 4 (Astra 4A) 2005 17.11.2007 Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.1) 4385
A2100AXX (A2100AX2)
Agrani 1 1998 cancelled Proton-K Blok-DM3 4300
Garuda 1 (ACeS 1) 1995 12.02.2000 Proton-K Blok-DM3 4500
Garuda 2 (ACeS 2) 1999 cancelled
A2100M
AEHF 1 (USA 214) 2001 14.08.2010 Atlas-5(531)¹ 6168
AEHF 2 (USA 235) 2001 04.05.2012 Atlas-5(531)¹ 6168
AEHF 3 (USA 246) 2006 18.09.2013 Atlas-5(531)¹ 6168
AEHF 4 (USA 288) 2010 17.10.2018 Atlas-5(551)¹ 6168
AEHF 5 (USA 292) 2012 08.08.2019 Atlas-5(551)¹ 6168
AEHF 6 (USA 298) 2012 26.03.2020 Atlas-5(551)¹ 6168
MUOS 1 (MUOS SV1) 2004 24.02.2012 Atlas-5(551)¹ 6740
MUOS 2 (MUOS SV2) 2004 19.07.2013 Atlas-5(551)¹ 6740
MUOS 3 (MUOS SV4) 21.01.2015 Atlas-5(551)¹ 6740
MUOS 4 (MUOS SV5) 02.09.2015 Atlas-5(551)¹ 6740
MUOS 5 (MUOS SV3) 2011 24.06.2016 Atlas-5(551)¹ 6740
GPS-3 1 (GPS SVN 74, Navstar 77, USA 289, Vespucci) 2008 23.12.2018 Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)(ex) 4400
GPS-3 2 (GPS SVN 75, Navstar 78, USA 293, Magellan) 2008 22.08.2019 Delta-4M+(4,2) (upg.) 3680
GPS-3 3 (GPS SVN 76, Navstar 79, USA 304, Matthew Henson) (ex Columbus) 2012 30.06.2020 Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) 4311
GPS-3 4 (GPS SVN 77, Navstar 80, USA 309, Sacagawea) 2012 05.11.2020 Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) 4311
GPS-3 5 (GPS SVN 78, Navstar 81, USA 319, Neil Armstrong) 2013 17.06.2021 Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) 4311
GPS-3 6 (GPS SVN 79, Navstar 82, USA 343, Amelia Earhart) 2013 18.01.2023 Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
GPS-3 7 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx, Sally Ride) 2014 202x Vulcan Centaur VC0S
GPS-3 8 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx, Katherine Johnson) 2014 202x Vulcan Centaur VC0S
GPS-3 9 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx, Ellison Onizuka) 2016 202x Vulcan Centaur VC0S
GPS-3 10 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx, Hedy Lamarr) 2016 202x Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
SBIRS-GEO 1 (SV 1, USA 230) 07.05.2011 Atlas-5(401) ~ 4500
SBIRS-GEO 2 (SV 2, USA 241) 19.03.2013 Atlas-5(401) ~ 4500
SBIRS-GEO 3 (SV 4, USA 273) 2011 21.01.2017 Atlas-5(401) ~ 4500
SBIRS-GEO 4 (SV 3) 2009 20.01.2018 Atlas-5(411)¹ ~ 4500
A2100 Advanced
Astrolink 1 1999 cancelled Atlas-5 5500 ?
Astrolink 2 1999 cancelled Proton-M Briz-M 5500 ?
Astrolink 3 1999 cancelled Atlas-5 5500
Astrolink 4 1999 cancelled Proton-M Briz-M 5500
A2100 (modernized) (A2100-TR) → LM-2100
Arabsat 6A 2015 11.04.2019 Falcon-Heavy (Block 5) 6465
HellasSat 4/SaudiGeoSat 1 2015 05.02.2019 Ariane-5ECA 6495
JCSat 17 2016 18.02.2020 Ariane-5ECA+ 5857
A2100M (modernized) (A2100-TR) → LM-2100M
GPS-3F 1 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 2018 2026 Falcon-Heavy (Block 5)(px)
GPS-3F 2 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 2018 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 3 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 2020 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 4 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 2020 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 5 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 2021 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 6 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 2021 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 7 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 2021 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 8 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 9 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 10 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 11 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 12 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 13 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 14 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 15 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 16 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 17 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 18 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 19 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 20 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 21 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
GPS-3F 22 (GPS SVN xx, Navstar xx) 20xx EELV-M
NG-OPIR-GEO 1 (NGG 1) 2018 2023 Vulcan Centaur VCxx or Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
NG-OPIR-GEO 2 (NGG 2) 2018 202x Vulcan Centaur VCxx or Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
NG-OPIR-GEO 3 (NGG 3) 2018 202x Vulcan Centaur VCxx or Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
NG-OPIR-GEO 4 (NGG 4) 2021 20xx Vulcan Centaur VCxx or Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
NG-OPIR-GEO 5 (NGG 5) 2021 20xx Vulcan Centaur VCxx or Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
NG-OPIR-GEO 6 (NGG 6) 2021 20xx Vulcan Centaur VCxx or Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
SBIRS-GEO 5 (USA 315) 2014 18.05.2021 Atlas-5(421)¹ ~ 4500
SBIRS-GEO 6 (USA 336) 2014 04.08.2022 Atlas-5(421)² ~ 4500
SBIRS-GEO 7 Atlas-5(421) or Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) ~ 4500
SBIRS-GEO 8 Atlas-5(421) or Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) ~ 4500
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