Manufacturer | Boeing Satellite Development Center | ||
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Country of origin | United States | ||
Applications | Communications satellite | ||
Specifications | |||
Spacecraft type | Spin-stabilized | ||
Power | 800 to 2,000 Watts | ||
Production | |||
Status | Retired | ||
On order | 58 | ||
Built | 58 | ||
Launched | 58 | ||
Maiden launch | Anik C1 April 12, 1985 | ||
Last launch | eBird 1 September 27, 2003 | ||
Related spacecraft | |||
Derived from | HS-333 | ||
Derivatives | HS-393 | ||
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The Boeing 376 (sometimes referred to as the BSS-376, and previously as the HS-376) is a communications satellite bus introduced in 1978 by Hughes Space and Communications Company. It was a spin-stabilized bus, a successor to Hughes HS-333.[1][2]