Programs

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.

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

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

Astro Product: W-Sensor Antenna
Program: GPS IIR 
Description: STEM™ 
Customer: Lockheed Martin Corp. 
Contract Date: 1998 January

Astro Product: BI-STEM
Program: Hubble Space Telescope 
Description:  Solar Array Deployers
Customer: BAe
Contract Date: 1988 January

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

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

Astro Product: STEM™
Program: Mars Pathfinder
Description: Offload Ramps for
Sojourner Rover
Customer: JPL
Contract Date: 1994 October
Deployment Date: 1997 July 6

Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: FORTE
Description: Antenna
Customer: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Contract Date: 1993 July

Astro Product: ESS
Program: RADARSAT 1 
Description: Extendible Support Structure 
Customer: SparSASD
Contract Date: 1990 March 

Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: MILSTAR
Description: Deploy Solar Arrays 
Customer: Lockheed Martin 
Contract Date: 1989 March

Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: INSAT 1D 
Description: Spacecraft Landing: July 4, 1997 Successfully Deployed 
Customer: Ford Aerospace (now SS/L)
Contract Date: 1986 January

Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: GOES
Description: Five 12-Meter AstroMasts and Deployers 
Customer: Ford Aerospace (now SS/L)
Contract Date: 1986 January

Astro Product: Dynamics Explorer Booms
Program: BI-STEM 
Description: Seven 20-meter BI-STEMs and Deployers
Customer: RCA AED 
Contract Date: 1978 September

Astro Product: AstroMast®
Program: Solar Maximum HGAS DRA
Description: 0.5-meter diameter AstroMast and Deployer
Customer: Sperry Flight Systems
Contract Date: 1977 June

Astro Product: ESS
Program: SEASAT SAR Structure 
Description: Extendible Support Structure 
Customer: Ball Aerospace 
Contract Date: 1976 October

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