Lanteris 1300

The Lanteris 1300, previously the SSL 1300, LS-1300, and the FS-1300, is a satellite bus produced by Lanteris Space Systems, formerly Space Systems/Loral (SS/L). Total broadcast power ranges from 5 to 25 kW, and the platform can accommodate from 12 to 150 transponders. The Lanteris 1300 is a modular platform and Lanteris no longer reports designators for sub-versions, such as: 1300E, 1300HL, 1300S, 1300X.

First available in the late 1980s, the Lanteris 1300 platform underwent revision multiple times over its design life, all the while remaining a widely-used communications platform. The earliest models provided 5,000 RF watts of transmitter power, weighed 5,500 kg, and required a 4-meter diameter launch fairing. Newer models provide double that, approximately 10,000 RF watts of transmitter power, weigh 6,700 kg, and require a 5-meter diameter launch fairing.

Lanteris (then SS/L) stated that they would use electric propulsion for North-South station keeping for the first time on the MBSat in 2004. The subsystem was supplied by International Space Technologies Inc and used Fakel's Hall thrusters and American and European propellant supply and electronics. According to Moog-ISP, the Lanteris 1300 platform uses its bipropellant thrusters.

In September 2015, Lanteris (then SSL) announced that it had delivered 100 satellites based on the Lanteris 1300 platform. At the time, there were more Lanteris 1300s providing service on orbit than any other model communications satellite.

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