Enterprise is Terran Orbital's largest standard satellite bus, a scalable SmallSat platform built for high-throughput communications, RF, and remote-sensing payloads across LEO, MEO, and GEO.
Enterprise
Enterprise is Terran Orbital's largest standard satellite bus, a scalable SmallSat platform built for high-throughput communications, RF, and remote-sensing payloads across LEO, MEO, and GEO.
Description
Enterprise is the flagship, largest bus in Terran Orbital's standardized product line of seven satellite bus platforms, introduced in September 2023. It builds on Terran Orbital's SmallSat bus heritage, reusing the same avionics and guidance/navigation/control algorithms as the company's smaller bus classes, while adding structural enhancements to support larger payloads. Enterprise is designed around a flat-packing architecture that allows up to 24 satellites to be stacked and launched together. It offers three configurations spanning launch masses from 500 kg to 1,250 kg and payload masses up to 750 kg, with orbital capability from LEO up to MEO/GEO, up to 3 kW of solar power, S/X-band and optional Ka-band data links, and standard Optical Inter-Satellite Link capability. Target customers include commercial broadband constellation operators and defense/intelligence agencies. Terran Orbital's subsidiary Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems was awarded a $2.4 billion contract to design, build, and deploy roughly 300 LEO satellites for Rivada Space Networks. Terran Orbital was acquired by Lockheed Martin in October 2024 and now operates as Terran Orbital, A Lockheed Martin Company, continuing to supply satellite buses for Lockheed Martin and Space Development Agency programs.
Specifications
| Launch mass (Configuration A/B/C) | up to 500 kg / 1000 kg / 1250 kg |
|---|---|
| Payload mass (Configuration A/B/C) | up to 200 kg / 650 kg / 750 kg |
| Solar power (Configuration B/C) | up to 3 kW |
| Native orbits (Configuration A/B) | 400-1200 km LEO |
| Native orbits (Configuration C) | 1200-35,000 km MEO/GEO |
| Data link bands | S/X-band; S/X/Ka-band options |
| Inter-satellite link | Standard Optical Inter-Satellite Link |
| Launch efficiency | Flat-packing design supports up to 24 satellites per launch |
| Flight heritage | SmallSat bus heritage; ~300-satellite ($2.4B) contract for Rivada Space Networks via Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems; supports Lockheed Martin and SDA Transport Layer programs |
| Parent company | Terran Orbital, A Lockheed Martin Company (acquisition completed October 2024) |