Compare commercial satellite bus platforms side-by-side. Evaluate mass, power, lifetime, heritage, cost, and propulsion systems to find the right bus for your mission.
Showing 22 of 22 satellite buses
Planet Labs
None (drag-based deorbit)
Blue Canyon Technologies
Cold gas
AAC Clyde Space
Cold gas / Electric
Blue Canyon Technologies
Green monopropellant
York Space Systems
Green monopropellant
Loft Orbital
Green monopropellant
SSTL (Airbus)
Hydrazine monopropellant
Airbus Defence & Space
Xenon Hall-effect thruster
Rocket Lab
HyperCurie (bipropellant)
Northrop Grumman
Hydrazine / Electric
Ball Aerospace
Hydrazine bipropellant
MDA (now Terran Orbital)
Green monopropellant
SpaceX
Krypton Hall-effect thruster
Northrop Grumman
Bipropellant / Electric
Maxar Technologies
Bipropellant / Electric hybrid
Thales Alenia Space
Electric (PPS-5000 thrusters)
Airbus Defence & Space
Electric (Hall-effect thrusters)
Lockheed Martin
Bipropellant / Electric hybrid
Airbus Defence & Space
Electric (Hall-effect thrusters)
Thales Alenia Space
Bipropellant (Apogee motor + thrusters)
Maxar Technologies
Bipropellant / Electric hybrid
Boeing Defense & Space
XIPS ion thrusters / Bipropellant