Enhancement of Operational Capability for In-Fligt Eurostar E2000+ Spacecraft

Abstract

It happens that customer wants to change the mission of one specific spacecraft when this latter is already in orbit. In such a case, one of the issues is to deal with high on-station disturbing torques which are out of scope of the initial mission. This paper presents how the Eurostar E2000+ platform versatility is used to fulfill new telecommunication mission that were out of the initial design.