From BI-STEM used with Voyager Radio Astronomy Antennas in 1974, to the AstroMesh Reflector recently used on the Mobile Broadcast Satellite (MBSAT), Astro products have been contributing to next-generation space equipment for more than thirty years. Take a look at some of the ways Astro has been a part of these programs:
| Program/Product Line |
Description |
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Astro Product: AstroMesh™ Reflector
Program: Mobile Broadcast Satellite (MBSAT)
Description: 12-Meter Reflectors
Customer: Space Systems/Loral
Contract Date: 2001 September
Launch Date: 2004 March |
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Astro Product: AstroMesh™ Reflector
Program: INMARSAT 4
Description: 9-Meter Reflectors
Customer: Astrium SAS
Contract Date: 2000 September
Launch Date: 2005 March
On-Orbit Deployment Date: 2005 March |
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Astro Product: W-Sensor Antenna
Program: GPS IIR
Description: STEM™
Customer: Lockheed Martin Corp.
Contract Date: 1998 January
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Astro Product: BI-STEM
Program: Hubble Space Telescope
Description: Solar Array Deployers
Customer: BAe
Contract Date: 1988 January |
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Astro Product: AstroMesh™ Reflector
Program: Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company
Description: 12-Meter Reflectors
Customer: Hughes Space and Communications Co. (now Boeing Satellite Systems)
Contract Date: 1998 January
Launch Dates: 2000 Oct., 2003 June |
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Astro Product: Mobile Transporter
Program: International Space Station
Description: Provides mobility for early space station assembly; provides platform for the Canadian Mobile Servicing System
Customer: McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company (now Boeing)
Contract Date: 1995 January |
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Astro Product: STEM™
Program: Mars Pathfinder
Description: Offload Ramps for
Sojourner Rover
Customer: JPL
Contract Date: 1994 October
Deployment Date: 1997 July 6
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Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: FORTE
Description: Antenna
Customer: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Contract Date: 1993 July |
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Astro Product: ESS
Program: RADARSAT 1
Description: Extendible Support Structure
Customer: SparSASD
Contract Date: 1990 March |
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Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: MILSTAR
Description: Deploy Solar Arrays
Customer: Lockheed Martin
Contract Date: 1989 March |
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Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: INSAT 1D
Description: Spacecraft Landing: July 4, 1997 Successfully Deployed
Customer: Ford Aerospace (now SS/L)
Contract Date: 1986 January |
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Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: GOES
Description: Five 12-Meter AstroMasts and Deployers
Customer: Ford Aerospace (now SS/L)
Contract Date: 1986 January |
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Astro Product: Dynamics Explorer Booms
Program: BI-STEM
Description: Seven 20-meter BI-STEMs and Deployers
Customer: RCA AED
Contract Date: 1978 September |
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Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: Solar Maximum HGAS DRA
Description: 0.5-meter diameter AstroMast and Deployer
Customer: Sperry Flight Systems
Contract Date: 1977 June |
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Astro Product: ESS
Program: SEASAT SAR Structure
Description: Extendible Support Structure
Customer: Ball Aerospace
Contract Date: 1976 October |
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Astro Product: BI-STEM
Program: Voyager Radio Astronomy Antennas
Description: Seven 9-meter BI-STEMs and Deployers
Customer: University of Colorado
Contract Date: 1974 December | |
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