Orbital ATK Announces U.S. Air Force Contract for Long Duration Propulsive ESPA Spacecraft
December 11 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Company’s ESPAStar Platform Demonstrates
Capability to Deliver Flexible, Affordable Access to Space
Contract Adds to Rapid Growth in ESPAStar
Orders for Customer Missions
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies, today announced it has been awarded a contract from
the U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Center (AFSMC) to build LDPE,
or the Long Duration Propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
(EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) space platform. The
innovative platform, positioned between the launch booster and a
primary space vehicle, is used to carry small payloads or deploy
small satellites. Under the contract, Orbital ATK will design and
manufacture the LDPE using its ESPAStar™ platform. The award
includes the initial LDPE, plus options for two additional systems
and adds to the rapidly growing production of ESPAStars that
support a wide variety of customer missions.
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Orbital ATK's ESPAStar Platform provides
a modular, cost-effective, and highly capable infrastructure
resource for hosting technology development and operational
payloads. (Photo: Business Wire)
ESPAStar uses a modified EELV Secondary Payload Adapter ring as
its structure and is capable of being launched aboard any launch
vehicle that meets the EELV standard interface specification. It
provides a modular, cost effective and highly capable platform for
hosting technology development and operational payloads. ESPAStar
leverages work performed on the company-designed ESPA Augmented
Geostationary Laboratory Experiment (EAGLE), which successfully
demonstrated similar technology for the U.S. Air Force. In addition
to EAGLE, two ESPAStars are currently in production for other
customers.
“ESPAStar’s game-changing capability is another example of
Orbital ATK’s ability to deliver innovative products that fill a
need for our customers,” said Mike Larkin, Vice President and
General Manager for Orbital ATK’s Satellite Systems Division.
“Based on Orbital ATK’s flight-proven GEOStar product line the new
ESPAStar technology will provide a cost-effective ride to space for
secondary payloads and offers maximum flexibility for orbit
locations and deployment.”
ESPAStar provides power, pointing, telemetry, command and
control for attached payloads or for small satellites that can be
deployed from the vehicle. Built to provide an even greater level
of access to space, Orbital ATK’s ESPAStar can accommodate any
combination of up to six hosted or 12 separable, free-flyer
payloads in low and geosynchronous orbit.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs
approximately 13,000 people across the U.S. and in several
international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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