SatelliteKindtype

What a generic drawing shows: bus a box with two framed solar panels, communications the same with a dish on its nadir face, flat a flat body with one long framed panel (the shape of a large constellation's satellites), station a row of modules with a truss and panels, cubesat a slim box (a 3U, three times as long as it is wide) with short deployed panels.

import type { SatelliteKind } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/space";

type SatelliteKind = "bus" | "communications" | "flat" | "station" | "cubesat";

import type { SatelliteKind } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/space";

const kinds: SatelliteKind[] = ["bus", "communications", "flat", "station", "cubesat"];
console.log(kinds.length);

5