WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital announced plans to produce a new line of small satellite buses designed to operate in geostationary Earth orbit.
The company said it will compete in the so-called small GEO satellite market with a new bus named SmallSat GEO for satellites above 500 kg.
Small GEO satellites are an emerging class of spacecraft designed for geostationary orbit 22,236 miles above Earth’s surface. This orbital perch has traditionally been the territory of large, heavyweight communications satellites that beam data to permanently pointed antennas on the ground.
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