LUX – A Small, Versatile GEO-Platform for Turnkey Systems
- Paper number
IAC-06-B3.5.05
- Author
Dr. Dirk Labuhn, OHB-System AG, Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Andreas Winkler, OHB-System AG, Germany
- Coauthor
Mr. Dominik Lang, OHB-System AG, Germany
- Year
2006
- Abstract
Due to the renewed emphasis on providing satellite-based communication services to consumers, the market potential of small geostationary multi-purpose platforms was assessed in an in-house study at OHB-System. The market analysis led to the conclusion, to further develop a small and versatile GEO-platform in order to be able to offer to the market a turnkey system with low investment risk and short development time. The low cost of the LUX platform facilitates, apart from the classical telecommunication missions, the use of geostationary satellites for scientific missions, e.g. global atmospheric monitoring. In the course of the year 2005, the in-house development activities, which are co-funded by the DLR, initiated the ESA ARTES-11 programme. In the frame of ARTES-11, a number of advanced and new technologies will be used in order to provide a competitive edge in the telecommunication market. The qualification of these new technologies is a key requirements to obtain the heritage expected from many customers. On the other hand, the baseline design of the LUX platform is largely based on existing well-proven technology and relying strongly on the heritage from existing satellites. This paper will provide an overview of the LUX platform design and its present state of development. Special attention will be given to the utilisation of LUX as a platform for telecommunications missions.
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