ESPA-Class Satellite Bus Delivered to First
Customers 2026
LOS
ANGELES, Aug. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Apex, the
Los Angeles-based spacecraft bus
platform manufacturing company, today announced the introduction of
GEO Aries, a productized ESPA-class satellite bus designed for
geostationary orbit (GEO) missions. Apex will begin delivering GEO
Aries buses to customers in 2026.
GEO Aries, a version of Apex's Aries bus platform, is a high
delta-v satellite bus designed to support the needs of Apex's
customers' GEO missions, including communications, imaging, and
other use cases. Apex took the objectives of its customer base into
consideration and is now releasing the GEO Aries Bus
Platform.
The base model is available for purchase today via Apex's online
configuration platform, with new configuration packages coming soon
to offer customers a suite of options that will achieve broader
mission sets. The platform has already considerable interest,
including initial purchases from US Government customers.
"Apex has been moving full speed in 2024, including the first
successful launch of our Aries platform and strong customer demand
for both Aries and Nova. Now that we have moved into our new,
state-of-the-art factory, we are thrilled to introduce our first
satellite bus designed for a GEO environment, GEO Aries. GEO Aries
leverages the heritage of the Aries bus platform, offering the
world's first productized GEO satellite bus," said Ian Cinnamon, CEO of Apex. "I'm proud of our
team, which continues to innovate and push boundaries to
manufacture a new satellite bus that will enable critical missions
for our growing number of communications and space sensing
customers."
Apex's differentiated approach to satellite bus productization
has created a strong underlying foundation for the business. The
introduction of GEO Aries, the first productized bus for GEO, only
bolsters the company's growing product line, including Aries, which
successfully launched on March 4,
2024. As the sole producer of truly productized satellite
buses, Apex is committed to helping customers get to space faster
and will continue to scale production to achieve that goal. Earlier
this year, Apex announced a financing round led by XYZ Venture
Capital and CRV to increase production to meet customer demand.
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