Instruction Manual

Communications
Mission Description
The Star One C3 satellite, manufactured for Star One, carries a hybrid payload. The satellite's C-band
payload serves South America. The Ku-band payload serves Brazil and other areas of South America.
The GEOStar
™
Advantage
Orbital’s highly successful Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) communications satellites are based on
the company’s GEOStar spacecraft platform, which is able to accommodate all types of commercial
communications payloads and is compatible with all major commercial launchers. The company’s
GEOStar product line includes the GEOStar-2 design, which is optimized for smaller satellite missions
that can support up to 5.0 kilowatts of payload power. Orbital has also developed the higher-power
GEOStar-3 spacecraft design, delivering the next increment of payload power for applications between
5.0 and 8.0 kilowatts, allowing Orbital to offer its innovative and reliable satellite design to the
medium-class of communications satellites.
Coverage:
Brazil, The Andes and South America
Mission:
C- and Ku-band communications
Customer:
Star One
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Star One C3 in Orbital's Dulles, Virginia
satellite manufacturing facility
Star One C3
Hybrid C-band and Ku-band Commercial Communications Satellite
GEO