This is a list of satellites in

geosynchronous orbit A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day). The synchronization of rotation and orbital ...

(GSO). These satellites are commonly used for

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

purposes, such as

radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...

and

television network A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or multichannel video programming distributo ...

back-haul In a hierarchical telecommunications network, the backhaul portion of the network comprises the intermediate links between the core network, or backbone network, and the small subnetworks at the ''edge'' of the network. The most common network t ...

, and direct broadcast. Traditional global navigation systems do not use geosynchronous satellites, but some SBAS navigation satellites do. A number of

weather satellite A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be polar orbiting (covering the entire Earth asynchronously), or ge ...

s are also present in geosynchronous orbits. Not included in the list below are several more classified military geosynchronous satellites, such as PAN. A special case of

is the

geostationary orbit A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit''Geostationary orbit'' and ''Geosynchronous (equatorial) orbit'' are used somewhat interchangeably in sources. (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit in altitud ...

, which is a circular geosynchronous orbit at zero

inclination Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body. It is expressed as the angle between a Plane of reference, reference plane and the orbital plane or Axis of rotation, axis of direction of the orbiting object ...

(that is, directly above the

equator The equator is a circle of latitude, about in circumference, that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. It is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, halfway between the North and South poles. The term can als ...

). A satellite in a geostationary orbit appears stationary, always at the same point in the sky, to ground observers. Popularly or loosely, the term "geosynchronous" may be used to mean geostationary. Specifically,

geosynchronous Earth orbit A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day). The synchronization of rotation and orbital ...

(GEO) may be a synonym for geosynchronous equatorial orbit, or geostationary Earth orbit. To avoid confusion, geosynchronous satellites that are not in geostationary orbit are sometimes referred to as being in an inclined geostationary orbit (IGSO). Some of these satellites are separated from each other by as little as 0.1°

longitude Longitude (, ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter l ...

. This corresponds to an inter-satellite spacing of approximately 73 km. The major consideration for spacing of geostationary satellites is the beamwidth at-orbit of uplink transmitters, which is primarily a factor of the size and stability of the uplink dish, as well as what frequencies the satellite's

transponders In telecommunications, a transponder is a device that, upon receiving a signal, emits a different signal in response. The term is a blend of ''transmitter'' and ''responder''. In air navigation or radio frequency identification, a flight trans ...

receive; satellites with discontiguous frequency allocations can be much closer together. As of May 2021, the websit
UCS Satellite Database
lists 4,550 known satellites. This includes all orbits and everything down to the little CubeSats, not just satellites in GEO. Of these, 560 are listed in the database as being at GEO. The website provides a spreadsheet containing details of all the satellites, which can be downloaded. Listings are from west to east (decreasing

in the

Western Hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Politically, the term We ...

and increasing

in the

Eastern Hemisphere The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth which is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and west of the antimeridian (which crosses the Pacific Ocean and relatively little land from pole to pol ...

) by orbital position, starting and ending with the

International Date Line The International Date Line (IDL) is an internationally accepted demarcation on the surface of Earth, running between the South and North Poles and serving as the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific O ...

. Satellites in inclined geosynchronous orbit are so indicated by a note in the "remarks" columns.

Western hemisphere

, - ! Location ! Satellite ! Satellite
bus ! Source ! Operator ! Type ! Coverage ! Launch date, UTC, and vehicle ! width="200pt", Remarks ! , - , 180.0°E , Intelsat 18 (Armenia 1, yude2) , , , Intelsat , Television and Radio Broadcasting , South Pacific, Alaska, China , 05 October 2011 Zenit 3SLB , , , - , 177.0°W ,

NSS-9 NSS-9 is a communications satellite owned by SES WORLD SKIES. It is an all C-band satellite intended as a replacement for NSS-5, and has three beams with 44 active C-band transponders. NSS-9 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and launched ...

, Orbital

Star-2 The STAR-2 Bus is a fully redundant, flight-proven, spacecraft bus designed for geosynchronous missions. It is a satellite platform, designed and developed by Thomas van der Heyden for the Indonesian Cakrawarta satellite program in the early 19 ...

, Luxembourg ,

SES SES, S.E.S., Ses and similar variants can refere to: Business and economics * Socioeconomic status * Scottish Economic Society, a learned society in Scotland * SES, callsign of the TV station SES/RTS (Mount Gambier, South Australia) * SES S.A., ...

, Intercontinental Voice, Video, and Internet , Pacific Ocean region ,
Ariane 5ECA V187 , , , - , 177.1°W ,

Yamal 300K Yamal-300K (Russian: ) is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Gazprom Space Systems and built by ISS Reshetnev on the Ekspress-1000 satellite bus. It was the first switch of satellite supplier in Yamal programme after Gazprom ...

, ,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Gazprom Space Systems OJSC Gazprom Space Systems (russian: ОАО «Газпром космические системы»), previously known as (Gazcom) (russian: «Газком»), is a Russian communications satellite operator and developer. Overview Gascom currentl ...

, Television and Internet ,

, 2 November 2012

Proton-M The Proton-M, (Протон-М) GRAU index 8K82M or , is an expendable Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet-developed Proton. It is built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kaz ...

, , , - , 171.3°W , TDRS-10 (J), GE 2 (174°W) , , United States , , , , , , , - , 171.1°W , TDRS-11 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 169.5°W ,

NSS-6 NSS-6 is a communications satellite owned by SES WORLD SKIES. NSS-6 covers the whole of Asia with six high-performance Ku band beams, which can deliver broadband media to small businesses, ISPs or domestic rooftop antennas in those markets. The ...

Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It ...

A2100AXS The A2100 is a model of communications satellite spacecraft made by Lockheed Martin Space Systems. It is used as the foundation for telecommunications payloads in geosynchronous orbit, as well as GOES-R weather satellites and GPS Block IIIA satel ...

, Netherlands ,

, Direct broadcasting, video distribution ,

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

Ariane 44L The Ariane 4 was a European expendable space launch system, developed by the ''Centre national d'études spatiales'' (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arian ...

Ku-band The Ku band () is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies from 12 to 18 gigahertz (GHz). The symbol is short for "K-under" (originally german: Kurz-unten), because it is the lower part of the ori ...

satellite , , - , 167.6°W ,

TDRS-5 TDRS-5, known before launch as TDRS-E, is an American communications satellite, of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. It was constructed by TRW is based on a custom satellite bu ...

, , United States , , , , , , , - , 148.0°W , EchoStar-1 ,

AS-7000 The Zvezda Kh-66 and Kh-23 ''Grom'' (russian: Х-23 Гром 'Thunder'; NATO: AS-7 'Kerry') are a family of early Soviet tactical air-to-surface missiles with a range of 10 km. They were intended for use against small ground or naval targe ...

, United States ,

Echostar EchoStar Corporation is an American company, a worldwide provider of satellite communication and Internet services through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. EchoStar is based out of unincorporated Arapa ...

DISH Network DISH Network Corporation (DISH, an acronym for DIgital Sky Highway) is an American television provider and the owner of the direct-broadcast satellite provider Dish, commonly known as Dish Network, and the over-the-top IPTV service, Sling TV. A ...

, Direct Broadcasting , , ,

Long March 2E The Long March 2E, also known as the Chang Zheng 2E, CZ-2E and LM-2E, was a Chinese orbital carrier rocket from the Long March 2 family. The Long March 2E was a three-stage carrier rocket that was designed to launch commercial communications sat ...

, Scheduled to move to 77°W , , - , 139.0°W ,

AMC-6 AMC-6, formerly GE-6, is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES S.A. Launched on 21 October 2000, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, AMC-6 became the fifth hybrid C-band / Ku-band satellite in the GE Americom fleet. ...

, WGS 6 (135°w) ,

A2100AX The A2100 is a model of communications satellite spacecraft made by Lockheed Martin Space Systems. It is used as the foundation for telecommunications payloads in geosynchronous orbit, as well as GOES-R weather satellites and GPS Block IIIA satel ...

, United States ,

Comsat COMSAT (Communications Satellite Corporation) is a global telecommunications company based in the United States. By 2007, it had branches in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and several other countries in the Americas. A ...

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

Proton-K The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index or SL-12 after its model number, 8K82K, was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and ...

/ 11September , Formerly GE-6 (1997-2001) , , - , 83°W ,

AMC-18 AMC-18 is a geostationary Lockheed Martin A2100A communications satellite owned by SES Americom. It was launched on 8 December 2006 from Centre Spatial Guyanais aboard an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle and is situated at 83° West longitude, pro ...

A2100A , United States ,

and AT&T Alascom ,

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

,
Ariane 5ECA (VA174) , Formerly GE-18 , , - , rowspan="2", 135.0°W ,

AMC-4 AMC-4 (formerly GE-4) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies, part of SES S.A. (and formerly GE Americom, then SES Americom). Launched in 1999, from Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2 by Ariane 44LP H10-3. It ...

, Artemis (i=14°) ,

2100AX , United States ,

, Television and Radio Broadcasting ,

,
Ariane 44LP H10-3 (V123) , Formerly GE-4 (1999-2001) , , - ,

AMC-8 AMC-8, also known as Aurora III, previously GE-8, is a C band (IEEE), C-band satellite located at 139° West, covering the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It is owned and operated by SES World Skies, formerly SES Americom and before t ...

, Aurora-3 ,

2100A , United States ,

and AT&T Alascom ,

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

Ariane 5G Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It is launched from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in French Guiana. It has been used to deliver payloads into ...

(V138) , Formerly GE-8 (2000-2001) , , - , 128°W ,

GOES 15 GOES-15, previously known as GOES-P, is an American weather satellite, which forms part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The spacecraft was ...

, , United States , National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) , Weather , North America and the Pacific Ocean basin , 4 March 2010, Delta IV, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida , , , - , 133.0°W , Galaxy-15 , , United States , , , , , , , - , rowspan="2", 131.0°W ,

AMC-1 AMC-1 was a geosynchronous communications satellite operated by SES S.A., as part of the AMC fleet acquired from GE AMERICOM in 2001. It was a hybrid C-Band / Ku-band spacecraft currently located at 131° West, serving the Canada, United State ...

A2100 , United States ,

, Television and Radio Broadcasting ,

,
Atlas IIA , Formerly GE-1 (1996-2001) , , - ,

AMC-11 AMC-11 , previously GE-11, is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by SES S.A. It is currently positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 131° West, from where it is used to relay cable television acro ...

A2100A , United States ,

, Television and Radio Broadcasting ,

CONUS ''Conus'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Conus Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

,
Atlas IIAS , Formerly GE-11 (2004) , , - , rowspan="3", 129.0°W ,

SES-15 SES-15 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES S.A. and designed and manufactured by Boeing Satellite Systems. It has a mass of and has a design life of at least 15 years. See also * SES S.A. * List of SES satellites T ...

Boeing Satellite Systems The Boeing Satellite Development Center is a major business unit of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. It brought together Boeing satellite operations with that of GM Hughes Electronics' Space and Communications division in El Segundo, Calif ...

BSS-702P , Luxembourg ,

, Aviation, government, VSAT ,

, Atlantic Ocean region ,

Soyuz ST-A Soyuz-2 (GRAU index 14A14) is a modernized version of the Soviet Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage launch vehicle for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. Compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz, the first-stage bo ...

/ Fregat-M , Hybrid

Ka-band The Ka band (pronounced as either "kay-ay band" or "ka band") is a portion of the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum defined as frequencies in the range 26.5–40 gigahertz (GHz), i.e. wavelengths from slightly over one centime ...

WAAS The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is an air navigation aid developed by the Federal Aviation Administration to augment the Global Positioning System (GPS), with the goal of improving its accuracy, integrity, and availability. Essential ...

satellite , , - , Ciel-2 ,

Thales Alenia Space Thales Alenia Space () is a Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer. A joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (33%), the company is the largest satellite manufacture ...

Spacebus 4000C4 ,

, Ciel Satellite Group , Direct Broadcasting ,

, ,

/ Briz M ,

satellite, , , - , Galaxy-12 ,

Orbital Sciences Corporation Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other governmen ...

STAR-2 The STAR-2 Bus is a fully redundant, flight-proven, spacecraft bus designed for geosynchronous missions. It is a satellite platform, designed and developed by Thomas van der Heyden for the Indonesian Cakrawarta satellite program in the early 19 ...

, United States ,

Intelsat Intelsat S.A. (formerly INTEL-SAT, INTELSAT, Intelsat) is a multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative headquarters in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States. Originally formed as In ...

, Television/Radio Broadcasting , ,

, replaced failed

Galaxy 15 Galaxy 15 is an American telecommunications satellite which is owned by Intelsat. It was launched for and originally operated by PanAmSat, and was subsequently transferred to Intelsat when the two companies merged in 2006. It was originally positi ...

, , - , rowspan="2", 127.0°W , Galaxy 13 (aka Horizons 1) ,

HS-601 The Boeing 601 (sometimes referred to as the BSS-601, and previously as the HS-601) is a communications satellite bus designed in 1985 and introduced in 1987 by Hughes Space and Communications Company. The series was extremely popular in the 199 ...

, United States ,

, , 24 C-Band

, , Same satellite as Horizons-1 , , - , ,

, United States , Japan Satellite Systems , , 24 Ku-Band

, , Same satellite as Galaxy-13 , , - , 125.0°W ,

AMC-21 AMC-21, or GE-21, is an American communications satellite operated by SES S.A., formerly SES World Skies and SES Americom. It was launched in August 2008 and is expected to remain in service for approximately 15 years. It is currently located at ...

Orbital ATK Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) was a sector (business segment) of Northrop Grumman from 2018 through 2019. It was formed from Orbital ATK Inc. a company which resulted from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alli ...

GEOStar-2 The STAR-2 Bus is a fully redundant, flight-proven, spacecraft bus designed for geosynchronous missions. It is a satellite platform, designed and developed by Thomas van der Heyden for the Indonesian Cakrawarta satellite program in the early 19 ...

, United States ,

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

Ariane 5 ECA Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It is launched from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in French Guiana. It has been used to deliver payloads into ...

satellite , , - , 123.0°W ,

Galaxy 18 Galaxy 18 is a Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) 1300-series hybrid communications satellite owned by Intelsat and located in geosynchronous orbit at 123° W longitude, serving the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, and Canada with 24 ...

LS-1300 The SSL 1300, previously the LS-1300 and the FS-1300, is a satellite bus produced by Maxar Technologies. Total broadcast power ranges from 5 to 25 kW, and the platform can accommodate from 12 to 150 transponders. The SSL 1300 is a modular platf ...

, United States ,

, Television and radio broadcasting ,

, , Hybrid C/K_u-band satellite , 2008-11-19 , - , rowspan="2", 121.0°W , Galaxy-23 , FS-1300 , United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting ,

, , Hybrid C/K_u/K_a-band satellite; C band payload referred to as Galaxy-23 , 2008-11-26 , - , EchoStar IX, EchoStar-9 ,

FS-1300 The SSL 1300, previously the LS-1300 and the FS-1300, is a satellite bus produced by Maxar Technologies. Total broadcast power ranges from 5 to 25 kW, and the platform can accommodate from 12 to 150 transponders. The SSL 1300 is a modular platf ...

, United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting ,

, , Hybrid C/K_u/K_a-band satellite; K_u/K_a-band payload referred to as EchoStar-9 , 2008-11-26 , - , 119.1°W ,

DirecTV-7S The DirecTV satellite fleet is a group of communications satellites located at various geostationary orbits that DirecTV uses for their satellite television service and HughesNet (formerly known as ''DirecWAY'' and ''DirecPC'') internet service. T ...

, United States ,

DirecTV DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. It ...

, Direct Broadcasting , 54 K_u-band

, , 8 active transponders at this time , 2008-11-26 , - , 118.8°W , EchoStar-7 ,

, United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting , 32 K_u-band

, ,

Atlas IIIB The Atlas III (known as the Atlas II-AR (R for Russian) early in development ) was an American orbital launch vehicle, used in the years between 2000 and 2005. It was developed from the highly successful Atlas II rocket and shared many componen ...

, 21 active transponders at this time , 2008-11-26 , - , 118.7°W , Anik F3 ,

EADS Astrium Astrium was an aerospace manufacturer subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) that provided civil and military space systems and services from 2006 to 2013. In 2012, Astrium had a turnover of €5.8 billion and 18 ...

Eurostar-3000S ,

Telesat Canada Telesat, formerly Telesat Canada, is a Canadian satellite communications company founded on May 2, 1969. The company is headquartered in Ottawa. History Telesat began as Telesat Canada, a Canadian Crown corporation created by an Act of Parl ...

, Direct Broadcasting , 24 C band

, 32 K_u-band

, 2 K_a-band

, ,

Proton A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol , H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 ''e'' elementary charge. Its mass is slightly less than that of a neutron and 1,836 times the mass of an electron (the proton–electron mass ...

, K_u-Band leased to

Dish Network DISH Network Corporation (DISH, an acronym for DIgital Sky Highway) is an American television provider and the owner of the direct-broadcast satellite provider Dish, commonly known as Dish Network, and the over-the-top IPTV service, Sling TV. A ...

, 2008-11-26 , - , 116.8°W ,

SatMex 5 Satmex (Satélites Mexicanos) was a company set up in Mexico in the mid-1990s through 2014 that operated space communication satellites that provide services to the Americas. In 2014, it was acquired by Eutelsat, and Eutelsat now operates the t ...

Hughes Hughes may refer to: People * Hughes (surname) * Hughes (given name) Places Antarctica * Hughes Range (Antarctica), Ross Dependency * Mount Hughes, Oates Land * Hughes Basin, Oates Land * Hughes Bay, Graham Land * Hughes Bluff, Victoria La ...

HS-601HP ,

Satmex Satmex (Satélites Mexicanos) was a company set up in Mexico in the mid-1990s through 2014 that operated space communication satellites that provide services to the Americas. In 2014, it was acquired by Eutelsat, and Eutelsat now operates the t ...

, , 24 C-band

, 24 Ku-band transponders , , Ariane 42L , , 2008-11-26 , - , 116.1°W , SIRIUS-FM-6 , , , , , , , , , - , 115.2°W , XM-Blues , , United States , , , , ,

Zenit-3SL The Zenit-3SL is an expendable carrier rocket operated by Sea Launch. First flown in 1999, it has been launched 36 times, with three failures and one partial failure. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets, and is built by the Yuzhnoye Des ...

, , , - , 115°W , Solidaridad-2 , ,

, , , ,

, , , - , 115.1°W ,

ViaSat-1 ViaSat-1 is a high throughput communications satellite owned by Viasat Inc. and Telesat Canada. Launched October 19, 2011 aboard a Proton rocket, it held the Guinness record for the world's highest capacity communications satellite with a total ...

, United States ,

ViaSat Viasat may refer to: *Viasat (American company) (founded 1986) * Viasat (Nordic television service) (founded 1991) * Danish 1st Division, officially Viasat Divisionen, second-highest football league in Denmark * Viasat Cup, 2006 Danish football to ...

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, 56

Transponders , , - , 115°W , EUTELSAT 115 West A , , , , , , , , , - , 115° W , MEXSAT 3 , , , , , , , , , - , 113°W ,

Satmex 6 Eutelsat 113 West A, formerly Satmex-6, is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Eutelsat. Originally built for Mexico's Satmex, it was launched in 2006. The satellite was acquired by Eutelsat in its 2014 merger with Satmex ...

, ,

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, , , - , 113.0°W ,

Eutelsat 113 West A Eutelsat 113 West A, formerly Satmex-6, is a geostationary orbit, geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Eutelsat. Originally built for Mexico's Satmex, it was launched in 2006. The satellite was acquired by Eutelsat in its 20 ...

, , , , , , , , , - , 111.2°W , WILDBLUE-1 , , United States ,

, , , , , , - , 111.1°W ,

Anik F2 Anik may refer to: * Anik (satellite), satellites launched by Canadian telecommunications company Telesat * Anik, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Anik Mountain * Anik Bissonnette, a Canadian ballet dancer * Anik Jean (born 1977) ...

Boeing 702 Boeing 702 is a communication satellite bus family designed and manufactured by the Boeing Satellite Development Center, and flown from the late-1990s into the 2020s. It covers satellites massing from to with power outputs from 3 to 18 kW ...

, Direct Broadcasting , , ,

, Hybrid C-band / Ku-band / Ka-band satellite , , - , 111°W ,

TerreStar-1 TerreStar-1 is an American communications satellite which was operated by TerreStar Corporation. It was constructed by Space Systems/Loral, based on the LS-1300S bus, and carries E/ F band (IEEE S band) transponders which will be used to provid ...

, , , , , , , , , - , rowspan="3", 110°W , EchoStar-11 ,

, United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting , , ,

, , 2008-11-19 , - , EchoStar-10 ,

, United States ,

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DirecTV-5 T5 (formerly DirecTV-5) is a dormant communications satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in May, 2002 to provide mainly Spanish language satellite television programs to DirecTV customers from the 119 degrees West longitudinal ...

, United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting , , ,

, 32 Ku-band

, , - , 108°W ,

GOES 3 GOES-3, known as GOES-C before becoming operational, was an American geostationary weather and communications satellite. It was originally built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Geostationary Operational En ...

, , , , , , , , , - , rowspan="2", 107.3°W , Anik F1 ,

, Direct Broadcasting , , ,

, Hybrid C/K_u-band satellite; will be replaced by Anik F1R , , - ,

Anik F1R The Anik satellites are a series of geostationary communications satellites launched for Telesat Canada for television, voice and data in Canada and other parts of the world, from 1972 through 2013. Some of the later satellites in the series ...

Eurostar-3000 The Eurostar E3000 is a generic satellite model most commonly used for commercial and military communications satellites manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space (formerly Astrium). It is a member of Airbus Defence and Space's Eurostar family. I ...

, Direct Broadcasting, WAAS PRN #138 , , ,

, Hybrid C/K_u-band satellite; will replace Anik F1 , , - , rowspan="2", 105°W ,

SES-11 SES-11 / EchoStar 105 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES S.A. and EchoStar and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. It has a mass of and has a design life of at least 15 years. The spacecraft had bee ...

/ EchoStar 105, Echostar 17 (107°w) ,

Airbus Defence and Space Airbus Defence and Space is the division of Airbus SE responsible for the development and manufacturing of the corporation's defence and space products, while also providing related services. The division was formed in January 2014 during the ...

, Luxembourg ,

, Direct broadcasting, VSAT ,

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

Falcon 9 Full Thrust Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2, with variants Block 1 to Block 5) is a partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, designed and manufactured by SpaceX. Designed in 2014–2015, Falcon 9 Full Thrust began launch operations ...

, Hybrid C/

satellite, 2012 , , - , AMC-15 ,

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, Direct Broadcasting ,

Briz-M The Briz-K, Briz-KM and Briz-M (russian: Бриз-К, КM and M meaning ''Breeze-K, KM and M'') are Russian liquid-propellant rocket orbit insertion upper stages manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and used on ...

, Hybrid Ku-/Ka-band satellite. Twin of AMC-16 , , - , 104.6°W , GOES-14 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 103.0°W ,

SES-3 SES-3 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies, then by SES S.A. Spacecraft SES-3 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), and is based on the Star-2.4 satellite bus. It is equipped with 24 C-band, and 24 Ku-band tr ...

, GEOStar-2.4 , United States ,

SES S.A. SES S.A. is a Luxembourgish-French satellite telecommunications network provider supplying video and data connectivity worldwide to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators, governments and insti ...

, Direct Broadcasting ,

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, Hybrid C/K_u-band satellite , , - , 102.9°W , SPACEWAY-1 ,

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, Direct Broadcasting , , , , , - , 102.8°W , DIRECTV-10 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 102.8°W , DIRECTV-12 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 101.3°W ,

SkyTerra-1 SkyTerra (SKYT), formerly Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV or MSVLP), was a Reston, Virginia company that developed telecommunications systems that integrate satellite and terrestrial radio communication technologies into one system. In March 2010, th ...

, United States ,

Ligado Networks Ligado Networks, formerly known as LightSquared, is an American satellite communications company. After restructuring, emerging from bankruptcy and modifying its network plan, the new company, Ligado Networks, launched in 2016. It operates the Sk ...

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, , , - , 101.2°W , DirecTV-4S ,

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Ariane 44LP The Ariane 4 was a European expendable rocket, expendable space launch system, developed by the ''CNES, Centre national d'études spatiales'' (CNES), the Government of France, French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was man ...

, 48 Ku-band transponders , , - , 101.1°W , DirecTV-9S ,

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SES-1 SES-1 is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by SES World Skies, then by SES S.A. History It was originally ordered by SES Americom as a ground spare for AMC-5R, however in April 2008 a decision was made to launch ...

, GEOStar-2.4 , US ,

, Direct Broadcasting ,

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, Hybrid C-band / Ku-band satellite , , - , 100.8°W , DirecTV-8 ,

, United States ,

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, Hybrid K_u/K_a-band satellite , , - , 99.2°W , DIRECTV-14 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 99.2°W , DIRECTV 11 , BSS (HSS) 702 , United States , , , , , , , - , 99.1°W ,

SPACEWAY-2 Spaceway-2 is part of DirecTV's constellation of direct broadcast satellites. The satellite was launched via an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on 16 November 2005. Its operational position is in geosynchronous orbit ...

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, , 2008-11-20 , - , 96.0°W , SIRIUS-FM-5 , , , , , , , , , - , 95.2°W , DIRECTV-15 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 95.0°W ,

Galaxy 3C Galaxy 3C (or Galaxy 13) is a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 to 2006, and by Intelsat from 2006 to today. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 95° W. Galaxy 3C was launched on June 15, 2002, with ...

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, , , - , 94.9°W , SPACEWAY-3 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 93.1°W , GALAXY-25 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 91.1°W , Nimiq 1 ,

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Galaxy 17 Galaxy 17 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat to be located at 91° West longitude, serving the North American market. Galaxy 17 was intended to replace SBS 6. It was built by Alcatel Alenia Space (which is now Thales Alenia Space), ...

, Spacebus 3000 B3 , United States ,

, Television and radio broadcasting ,

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, Hybrid C-/Ku-band satellite , 2008-06-13 , - , 89.0°W , Galaxy-28 ,

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, Hybrid C/K_u/K_a-band satellite; launched as Telstar 8 , , - , 87.2°W , TKSAT-1 , , , , , , , , , - , 87.0°W ,

SES-2 SES-2 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies. It was launched alongside the Arabsat-5C satellite. Spacecraft The platform is home to the first hosted payload, a mechanism by which governmental entities can fly modules on ...

, GEOStar-2.4 , US ,

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, Hybrid C-/Ku-band satellite , , - , 86.5°W ,

Astra 3A Astra 3A is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by Société Européenne des Satellites, launched in March 2002 to the Astra 23.5°E orbital position to provide digital television and radio for direct to home (DTH) an ...

, HS-376HP , Luxembourg ,

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, Not in regular use , , - , 85.2°W , XM-5 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 85.1°W , XM 3 Rhythm ,

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AMC-16 SES Americom was a major commercial satellite operator of North American geosynchronous satellites based in the United States. The company started as RCA Americom in 1975 before being bought by General Electric in 1986 and then later acquired by ...

, United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting ,

Atlas V Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas (rocket family), Atlas launch vehicle family. It was originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture be ...

(V521) , Hybrid Ku-/Ka-band satellite. Twin (and originally ground spare) of AMC-15 , , - , 84.0°W ,

Brasilsat B3 Brasilsat B3 is a Brazilian communications satellite. It was launched on 4 February 1998 by an Ariane 44LP carrier rocket, as part of a dual-payload launch with Inmarsat-3 F5. It was built by Hughes Aircraft, based on the HS-376 satellite bus ...

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Ariane 5ECA (VA174) , C-band satellite. Formerly GE-18 (Originally ground spare for of AMC-10 and AMC-11) , , - , rowspan="2", 82.0°W , Nimiq 2 ,

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Nimiq-4 Nimiq-4 is a Canadian geosynchronous communications satellite. It was launched aboard a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle at 21:48:00 UTC on 19 September 2008. It was positioned at 82.0° West longitude, and operated by Telesat Canada. Spa ...

, Eurostar-3000S , ,

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ARSAT-2 ARSAT-2 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by ARSAT and built by the Argentine company INVAP. It was launched from French Guiana alongside Sky Muster satellite using an Ariane 5ECA rocket on September 30, 2015 at 20:30hs UTC, ...

ARSAT-3K ARSAT-3K is a geostationary orbit, geostationary communications satellite, communications satellite bus designed and manufactured by INVAP of Argentina for the local telecommunication company ARSAT, ARSAT S.A. It is a small (4.2 Watt#Kilowatt, kW ...

, Argentina , ARSAT , Data, Internet and TV broadcasting. , K_u Band:

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South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

, , Ariane 5ECA , , 2015-10-10 , - , 80.9°W , SBS-6 , HS-393 , United States , Intelsat , Television and Radio Broadcasting , , ,

, Beyond expected end of life. Serves Argentina now , 2008-06-13 , - , 79.0°W , Satcom C3 , , United States , , , , ,

, , - , 78.8°W , SKY MEXICO-1 , , , , , , , , , - , 78.0°W , VENESAT-1 , , , , , , , , , - , rowspan="3", 77.0°W , EchoStar-4 ,

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Space Systems/Loral SSL, formerly Space Systems/Loral, LLC (SS/L), of Palo Alto, California, is a wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary of Maxar Technologies. SSL designs and builds satellites and space systems for a wide variety of government and commercial cust ...

SSL-1300 , Mexico , QuetzSat (

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satellite , , - , 77.1°W , ECHOSTAR-1 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 76.9°W , ECHOSTAR-8 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 76.8°W ,

Galaxy 4R Galaxy 4R was a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 to 2006, and by Intelsat from 2006 to 2009. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 99° W, a slot once occupied by the Galaxy IV, which suffered a fai ...

, , United States , , , , , Ariane 42L , Inclined orbit , , - , 76.2°W , INTELSAT-16 , , , , , , , , , - , 76.2°W , GOES-13 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 75.0°W ,

Brasilsat B1 Brasilsat B1 is a Brazilian communications satellite launched on August 10, 1994, by an Ariane rocket model 44LP at Guiana Space Centre which is located in Kourou, French Guiana. History It was constructed by the United States and Brazil and is ...

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, , , - , 74.9°W , Galaxy-9 , , United States , , , , ,

Delta II Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family and entered service in 1989. Delta II vehicles included the Delta 6000, and the two later Delta 7000 va ...

(7925) , spare , , - , 74.0°W ,

Horizons-2 Horizons-2 is a communications satellite owned by Horizons Satellite, a joint venture between SKY Perfect JSAT Group and Intelsat. Its orbital slot is located at 74° west longitude. Launch Horizons-2 was launched from the Guiana Space Centr ...

, STAR Bus , United States ,

JSAT , Television and Radio Broadcasting , CONUS Canada Caribbean , , Ariane 5GS , 20 K_u Xpndrs , 2008-06-13 , - , 73.3°W ,

Astra 1D Astra 1D is a geostationary communications satellite launched in 1994 by the Société Européenne des Satellites (SES). , the craft remains in service for occasional use. Astra 1D was the fourth, and under original plans, last Astra communica ...

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Ariane 42P , , , - , 72.7°W , EchoStar-6 ,

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, Direct Broadcasting , , , Atlas II-AS , , 2008-11-19 , - , 72.5°W , Directv-1R , , United States , , , , ,

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AMC-3 AMC-3 (formerly GE-3) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies, part of SES S.A. (and formerly GE Americom, then SES Americom). Launched on 4 September 1997, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, AMC-3 is a hybrid C ...

A2100A , United States ,

, Television and Radio Broadcasting ,

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Atlas IIAS , Formerly GE-3 (1997-2001) , , - , 71.8°W ,

ARSAT-1 ARSAT-1 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by AR-SAT and built by the Argentine company INVAP. ARSAT-1 was launched into orbit on October 16, 2014, from French Guiana alongside Intelsat-30 satellite using an Ariane 5 rocket. It ...

, Argentina , , Direct Broadcasting ,

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

, , Ariane 5ECA , First geostationary satellite built in

, , - , 71.0°W ,

Nahuel 1A Nahuel 1A was a Spacebus 2000NG satellite manufactured Dornier Satellitensysteme as prime contractor with Aérospatiale of Cannes-Mandelieu supplying the bus. It was launched on January 30, 1997 by an Ariane 44L launcher along companion GE-2. T ...

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, , , - , 70.0°W , STAR ONE C2 , , , , , , , , , - , 69.9°W , STAR ONE C4 , , , , , , , , , - , 67.0°W ,

SES-10 SES-10, is a geostationary communications satellite awarded in February 2014, owned and operated by SES S.A. and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus. It is positioned at the 67° West posi ...

, Luxembourg ,

, Direct broadcasting, VSAT ,

satellite , , - , 70.0°W , Brasilsat B4 , , Brazil , , , , ,

, , , - , 65.0°W , Brasilsat B2 , , Brazil , , , , , Ariane 44LP+ , , , - , 65.0°W , STAR ONE C1 , , , , , , , , , - , 63.0°W ,

Estrela do Sul 1 Telstar 14 or Estrela do Sul 1 (Southern Star 1) is a commercial communications satellite in the Telstar series built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Telesat to provide Ku-band communications to South America and the Southern United States. E ...

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, , , - , 63.0°W , TELSTAR-14R , , United States , , , , , , , - , 62.8°W , ABS-1A , , United States , , , , , , , - , 62.2°W , TDRS-3, Angola 1 (Angosat) , , United States , , , , , , , - , 61.5°W , ECHOSTAR-16 , , United States , , , , , , , - , 61.3°W , EchoStar-12 ,

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(521) , Formerly Rainbow-1, purchased from

VOOM Voom HD Networks is a suite of 25 original high-definition television channels owned by AMC Networks. The channels were produced in Crystal Clear Hi-Definition with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and were the largest suite of HD channels in t ...

, , - , 61.8°W , EchoStar-3 ,

, United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting , , , Atlas II-AS , , , - , 61.0°W , Hispasat Amazonas , , Spain ,

Hispasat Hispasat is the operating company for a number of Spanish communications satellites that cover the Americas, Europe and North Africa from orbital positions 30.0° West and 61.0° West. It was formed in 1989 and its activities include provision ...

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, , , - , 58.0°W , Intelsat-9(PAS9), Intelsat 21 , HS-601HP, BSS (HS) 702 , United States , , , ,

, , formerly PAS-9 , , - , 55.5°W , Intelsat-805 , , ,

, , , , Atlas II-AS , , , - , 54.0°Wwikipedia list of Inmarsat satellites , Inmarsat-3 F4 , , UK , Inmarsat , Maritime and Aviation Communications , Atlantic Ocean Region , , Arianne 44L , , 2014-04-2 , - , 53.0°W , Intelsat-707 , , ,

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Ariane 4 The Ariane 4 was a European expendable space launch system, developed by the ''Centre national d'études spatiales'' (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arian ...

, , , - , 50.0°W , Intelsat-705, TDRS I (52.3°w) , , ,

, , , , Atlas II-AS , , , - , 47.5°W ,

SES-14 SES-14 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES S.A. at 47.5° West, replaces NSS-806, and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. The satellite launched on 25 January 2018 at 22:20 UTC along with the Global-sc ...

Eurostar-3000EOR , Luxembourg ,

, Cable distribution, government and enterprise VSAT, aviation and maritime mobility, broadband ,

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...

, C-band satellite
Carries NASA's

GOLD Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

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Intelsat 14 Intelsat 14 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 45° West longitude, serving the Americas, Europe, and African markets. Intelsat 14 replaced Intelsat 1R which was at the end of its design life. It was built by Sp ...

, HS702 , United States , , , , ,

, formerly PAS-1R, and IS-1R , , - , 43.1°W , Intelsat-3R ,

, United States , , , , ,

, formerly PAS-3R , , - , 43.0°W , Intelsat-6B , HS-601HP , , , , , , Ariane 42L , formerly PAS-6B , , - , 40.5°W ,

SES-6 SES-6 is a commercial geostationary communication satellite owned and operated by SES S.A. Launch Constructed by EADS Astrium, it was launched on 3 June 2013 at 09:18:31 UTC from Baikonour by Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle and carries 43 ...

, Luxembourg ,

, Direct broadcasting, cable distribution, aviation ,

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

, Hybrid C/

satellite , , - , rowspan="2", 37.5°W , NSS-10 ,

Alcatel Space Thales Alenia Space () is a Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer. A joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (33%), the company is the largest satellite manufacture ...

Spacebus 4000 C3 , United States ,

, Television and Radio Broadcasting ,

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, Formerly Worldsat-2 (2005)
AMC-12 (2005-2009) , , - , Telstar-11N ,

, United States , Telstar , Telecommunications, Video, Data , Africa, Europe, Atlantic Ocean, North and Central America , 26 February 2009 , 39 high-power Ku-band transponders , , - , 36°W ,

Hispasat AG1 Hispasat Advanced Generation 1 (Hispasat AG1), also designated Hispasat 36W-1, is a Spanish communications satellite which is part of the Hispasat fleet. It was successfully launched to GTO on 28 January 2017. The satellite will serve Spain, P ...

(H36W1) , OHB SmallGEO , Spain ,

, , , 28 January 2017 , , , - , 34.5°W , Intelsat-903 , , ,

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Orbital Sciences Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other governmen ...

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Soyuz-FG The Soyuz-FG launch vehicle was an improved version of the Soyuz-U from the R-7 family of rockets, designed and constructed by TsSKB-Progress in Samara, Russia. Guidance, navigation, and control system was developed and manufactured by "Polisv ...

Fregat Fregat (russian: Фрегат, ''frigate'') is an upper stage developed by NPO Lavochkin in the 1990s, which is used in some Soyuz and Zenit launch vehicles, but is universal and can be used as a part of a medium and heavy class launch vehicles ...

, , 2008-11-20 , - , rowspan="3", 30.0°W , Hispasat 30W-5 , , Spain ,

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Ariane 5 Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It is launched from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in French Guiana. It has been used to deliver payloads int ...

, , , - , Hispasat 30W-6 , , Spain ,

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Falcon 9 Falcon 9 is a partially reusable medium lift launch vehicle that can carry cargo and crew into Earth orbit, produced by American aerospace company SpaceX. The rocket has two stages. The first (booster) stage carries the second stage and payl ...

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Spainsat Spainsat is a Spanish telecommunications satellite used for military and government communications. It allows telecommunications the different missions of the Spanish Armed forces abroad by providing coverage on a wide area of the world ranging ...

, , Spain ,

Hisdesat Hisdesat (, 'Hisdesat Strategic Services') is a Spanish company created in 2001 by Hispasat (43%), Ingeniería y Servicios Aeroespaciales (30%), EADS CASA (15%, now Airbus), Indra Sistemas (7%) and SENER (5%) with initial investment of 415 mill ...

XTAR XTAR, LLC is a commercial satellite operator exclusively providing services in the X band frequency range, which is the communications cornerstone of today's military, diplomatic, humanitarian and emergency disaster response operations. A privat ...

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SES-4 SES-4 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies, then by SES S.A. Spacecraft SES-4 was built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), and is based on the SSL-1300 satellite bus. It is equipped with 52 C-band, and 72 Ku-band transpon ...

SSL-1300 , Netherlands ,

, Video distribution, government, VSAT, maritime services ,

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

, Hybrid C/

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Originally named NSS-14 , , - , 20.0°W ,

NSS-7 NSS-7 is a communications satellite owned by SES World Skies. It launched on 16 April 2002 on an AR-44L model of the Ariane 4 launch vehicle. It is a hybrid Ku- and C-band telecommunications satellite providing fixed satellite services, including ...

, Netherlands ,

, Video distribution, broadband ,

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satellite , , - , 20.0°W , Intelsat-603 , , ,

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Commercial Titan III The Commercial Titan III, also known as CT-3 or CT-III, was an American expendable launch system, developed by Martin Marietta during the late 1980s and flown four times during the early 1990s. It was derived from the Titan 34D, and was original ...

, Inclined orbit , , - , 18.0°W , Intelsat-901 , , ,

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, , , - , 15.5°W , Inmarsat 3 F2 , , UK , Inmarsat ,

EGNOS The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) developed by the European Space Agency and EUROCONTROL on behalf of the European Commission. Currently, it supplements the GPS by rep ...

PRN #120 , , ,

, , , - , 15.0°W ,

Telstar 12 Vantage Telstar 12V ''(Telstar 12 Vantage)'' is a communication satellite in the Telstar series of the Canadian satellite communications company Telesat. The satellite was the first dedicated commercial payload of the Japanese H-IIA H-IIA (H-2A) i ...

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H-IIA H-IIA (H-2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. These liquid fuel rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit; lunar or ...

, , , - , rowspan="2", 14.0°W , , , USSR , , , , , , , - , , , USSR , ГПКС (staat betrieb weltraum nacht.) , , , , , , - , 12.5°W , Eutelsat 12 West A , , Europe ,

Eutelsat Eutelsat S.A. is a French satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, it is the world's third-largest satellite operator in terms of revenues. Eutelsat's satellit ...

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, formerly Atlantic Bird 1 , , - , 11.0°W , , , USSR , ГПКС (Staat Betrieb Weltraum Nacht.) , , , ,

Proton K The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index or SL-12 after its model number, 8K82K, was a Russian, previously Soviet Union, Soviet, launch vehicle, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton (rocket), Proton. It was built ...

, , , - , 8.0°W ,

Eutelsat 8 West B Eutelsat 8 West B is a geostationary communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting services from geostationary orbit. The satellite is part of Eutelsat's constellation at a longitude of 8° Wes ...

, Helasat 2 (nsdap 2), (11°w, tdrs type) , , Europe, Greece ,

, CIA , , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="5", 7.0°W ,

Nilesat 101 Nilesat 101 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was decommissioned in February 2013. Launch Nilesat 101 was launched by an Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on 28 April 1998 at 22:53:00 UTC by Arianespac ...

, , Egypt , , , , , Ariane 44P , , , - ,

Nilesat 102 Nilesat 102 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on August 17, 2000, at 23:16 UTC by the European Space Agency. It was manufactured by the European com ...

, , Egypt , , , , ,

, , , - ,

Nilesat 103 Eutelsat 16B, formerly known as Hot Bird 4, Nilesat 103, Atlantic Bird 4, and Eurobird 16, is a communications satellite owned and operated by Eutelsat. The satellite was retired in 2015 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostatio ...

, , Egypt , , , , , Ariane 42P , , , - ,

Nilesat 201 Nilesat 201, is an Egyptian communications satellite, which was launched on 4 August 2010. Nilesat 201 will enable the Egyptian satellite operator Nilesat to deliver digital Direct to Home (DTH) TV and radio broadcasting and high-speed data trans ...

, , Egypt , , , , ,

, , , - ,

Eutelsat 7 West A Eutelsat S.A. is a French satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, it is the world's third-largest satellite operator in terms of revenues. Eutelsat's satellit ...

(aka Atlantic Bird 7) (7.3°w) , E3000 , Europe ,

, , , , formerly Atlantic Bird 7 , , - , 5.0°W , Eutelsat 5 West A, MSG 2 (6.0°W) , , Europe ,

, , , ,

, formerly Atlantic Bird 3 , , - , rowspan="2", 4.0°W ,

AMOS 3 Amos 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Amos, especially God's extraordinary love, being repaid by Israel with ...

, , Israel , , , , , Zenit 3 , , , - ,

AMOS 7 Amos 7 is the seventh chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Amos; in particular, the seventh, eighth, and ninth chapters contain ...

, , Israel , , , , ,

, , , - , 3.4°W ,

Meteosat 8 Meteosat 8 is a weather satellite, also known as MSG 1. The Meteosat series are operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP) and the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) program. Notable for imaging the first meteor to be predict ...

, , , , , , ,

, , , - , 1.0°W ,

Intelsat 10-02 Intelsat 10-02 (or IS 10-02, Intelsat 1002, IS-1002, Intelsat Alpha-2, Intelsat X-02 and Thor 10-02 ) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Intelsat 10-02 is the first operational communications satellite to have its service life ...

, , ,

, , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="3", 0.8°W , Thor 5 , , Norway , , , , ,

, , , - ,

Thor 6 Thor (previously known as Marcopolo) is a family of satellites designed, launched and tested by Hughes Space and Communications (now part of Boeing Satellite Systems) for British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB), and were used for Britain's Direct ...

, , Norway , , , , ,

(7925-9.5) , , , - , Thor 7 , , Norway , , , , ,

(7925-9.5) , , , -

Eastern Hemisphere

, - ! Location ! Satellite ! Satellite
bus ! Source ! Operator ! Type ! Coverage ! Launch date, UTC, and vehicle ! Remarks ! As of , - , 0.5°E , , , Europe , , , , , , , - , 1.9°E ,

BulgariaSat-1 BulgariaSat-1 is a Geostationary orbit, geostationary communications satellite operated by Bulgaria Sat and manufactured by SSL (company), SSL. The satellite will provide high-definition television, high definition and ultra-high-definition telev ...

, , Bulgaria , Bulgaria SatWest , Communications , 52 covering

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

48 covering

and

, ,

Falcon 9 FT Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2, with variants Block 1 to Block 5) is a partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, designed and manufactured by SpaceX. Designed in 2014–2015, Falcon 9 Full Thrust began launch operations ...

, , , - , rowspan="2", 3.0°E ,

Eutelsat 3B Eutelsat S.A. is a French satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, it is the world's third-largest satellite operator in terms of revenues. Eutelsat's satellit ...

, , Europe , , , , , Zenit/Sea Launch , , , - , Rascom QAF 1R , , Africa , , , , ,

, , , - , 4.0°E , Eurobird 4 , , Europe ,

, , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="2", 4.8°E , ,

, , ,

, Europe and Africa ,

, , , - , ,

, , ,

, Europe and Africa ,

(military polygon) , , , - , 6.0°E , Skynet 4F , , United Kingdom ,

Ministry of Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...

, Military communications , , ,

, Inclined orbit , , - , 7.0°E ,

Eutelsat W3A Eutelsat W3A is a communications satellite owned by Eutelsat S.A. Placed at 7° East, it broadcasts TV channels, radios and other digital data. It entered operational service on 15 May 2004. Built by EADS Astrium on a Eurostar-3000S satellit ...

, , Europe ,

, , , ,

, , , - , 7.2°E ,

Eutelsat_Konnect Eutelsat Konnect is a Geostationary orbit, geostationary communications satellite operated by Eutelsat. The satellite was designed and manufactured by Thales Alenia Space on the Spacebus, Spacebus NEO 100 platform, and was launched on 16 Januar ...

, Spacebus NEO , Europe ,

, Communications , Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa , 16 January 2020, Ariane 5 ECA (VA-251) , , , - , 9.0°E , KA-SAT 9A ,

Eurostar E3000 The Eurostar E3000 is a generic satellite model most commonly used for commercial and military communications satellites manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space (formerly Astrium). It is a member of Airbus Defence and Space's Eurostar family. It ...

, Europe ,

, Communications , Europe and the Mediterranean Basin , 26 December 2010,

, , , - , 9.0°E , Eurobird 9B , , Europe ,

, , , ,

, formerly Hot Bird 2 , , - , 9.5°E ,

Meteosat 6 The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP) and the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) program. The MTP program was established to ensure the opera ...

, MSG 3 , , Europe , , Weather satellite (ДЗЗ, DZE) , , , 2012

, Inclined orbit (tdrs type) , , - , 10.0°E ,

Eutelsat W1 Eutelsat S.A. is a French satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, it is the world's third-largest satellite operator in terms of revenues. Eutelsat's satellit ...

, , Europe ,

, , , , Ariane 44P , , , - , 12.5°E , Raduga 29, Sicral 1B (11.8°Ost) , , Russia , , , , , Inclined orbit , , - , rowspan="3", 13.0°E ,

Hot Bird 6 Eutelsat 8 West C, known as Hot Bird 6 prior to 2012 and Hot Bird 13A from 2012 to 2013, is a Geostationary orbit, geostationary communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting services from geostati ...

, , Europe ,

, , , ,

Atlas V-401 Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas (rocket family), Atlas launch vehicle family. It was originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture be ...

, , , - ,

Hot Bird 7A Hot Bird (also styled HOTBIRD) is a group of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13 °E over the equator ( orbital position) and with a transmitting footprint over Asia, Europe, North Africa, Americas and the Middle East. Only digital ...

, , Europe ,

, , , ,

, , , - ,

Hot Bird 8 Hot Bird 13B, known as Hot Bird 8 prior to 2012, is a geostationary communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting services from geostationary orbit as part of Eutelsat's Hot Bird constellation at ...

, , Europe ,

, , , ,

, , , - , 16.0°E ,

Eutelsat 16A Eutelsat S.A. is a French satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, it is the world's third-largest satellite operator in terms of revenues. Eutelsat's satellite ...

, , Europe ,

, , , ,

Long March 3B The Long March 3B (, ''Chang Zheng 3B''), also known as the CZ-3B and LM-3B, is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocke ...

, , , - , rowspan="6", 19.2°E ,

Astra 1G Astra 1G is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES. History SES ordered its Hughes 601HP satellite, in 1994 for Astra 1G. Launch Astra-1G was launched on 2 December 1997 at 23:10:37 UTC, by a Proton-K / DM ...

, HS-601HP , Luxembourg ,

, Europe , ,

, Not in regular use , , - , , , , , , , , , - , Astra 1L , A2100 , Luxembourg ,

, Europe , ,

, , , - , Astra 1M ,

, Luxembourg ,

, Europe , ,

, , , - , Astra 1N ,

, Luxembourg ,

, Europe , ,

, , , - ,

Astra 2B Astra 2B is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by Société Européenne des Satellites. Launched in September 2000 to join Astra 2A at the Astra 28.2°E orbital position providing digital television and radio broadc ...

, Eurostar E2000+ , Luxembourg ,

, Europe , ,

, Not in regular use , , - , 20.0°E , Arabsat 2A, Arabsat 5C , , , , , , ,

, Inclined orbit , , - , 21.0°E , LuxGovSat/SES-16 ,

GEOStar-3 The GEOStar-3 is a communications satellite spacecraft model made by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. GEOStar-3 represents an evolutionary growth from Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems GEOStar-2 platform. GEOStar-3 Bus can accommodate pa ...

, Luxembourg ,

, Military, government ,

, Hybrid Ka/

X-band The X band is the designation for a band of frequencies in the microwave radio region of the electromagnetic spectrum. In some cases, such as in communication engineering, the frequency range of the X band is rather indefinitely set at approxim ...

satellite
SES/Luxembourg government joint venture , , - , 61°e ,

AfriStar AfriStar (sometimes known as AfriStar 1) is a satellite formerly owned and operated by the company 1worldspace (formerly known as WorldStar) and now owned and operated by Yazmi USA. The satellite was built by EADS Astrium (formerly known as Mat ...

, (Afrika 1) i=7° (K.Reis only) , , USA , , , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="2", 21.5°E , Eutelsat W6 , , Europe ,

, , , , , , - , , , , , , , Integlal, U.S. , Inclined orbit. , , - , rowspan="2", 23.5°E ,

Astra 2C Astra 2C is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by Société Eurpéenne des Satellites. Designed to join Astra 2A and Astra 2B at the Astra 28.2°E orbital position providing digital television and radio broadcast ser ...

, HS-601HP , Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,

, Not in regular use , , - ,

Astra 3B Astra 3B is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, launched in 2010 to the Astra 23.5°E orbital position providing digital television and radio for direct-to-home (DTH), and the AstraConnect two-way satellite b ...

, Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,

, , , - , 25.0°E , Inmarsat 3 F5 , , UK , Inmarsat , EGNOS PRN #126 , , ,

, , , - , 25.0°E , Inmarsat-4 F2 , , UK , Inmarsat , Maritime and Aviation Communications , EAME , , , 2014-04-2 , - , 25.0°E , , , , , Communications , EAME , , Arianne 5ECA , , 2014-04-2 , - , 25.5°E ,

Eurobird 2 Eurobird was a series of satellites owned and operated by Eutelsat. The Eurobird satellites provided broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Western and Central European region from orbital positions of 9, 25.5 and 33 degrees ...

, , Europe ,

, , , , , , - , 25.8°E , Badr 2 , , , , , , , , , - , 26.0°E ,

Es'hail 2 Es'hail 2 (a.k.a. Qatar-OSCAR 100 or QO-100) is a Qatari satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 15, 2018. Es'hail 2 was built by Japan's Mitsubishi Electric company, and operates at 26° East longitude along a geostatio ...

, , , , , , , , , - , 26.2°E , Badr C, Arabsat 5B (26°e) , , , , , , , , , - , rowspan="4", 28.2°E ,

Astra 2A Astra 2A is one of the Astra communications satellites owned by Société Européenne des Satellites. Launched in 1998 into the 28.2° East orbital position, half its expected end-of-life capacity of 28 transponders were pre-booked by BSkyB, w ...

, HS-601HP , Luxembourg ,

, UK and Europe ,

, , , - ,

Astra 2E Astra 2E is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES S.A., launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 30 September 2013 after a 10-week delay caused by launcher problems. The satellite provides free-to-air ...

, Luxembourg ,

, UK and Europe ,

, Not in regular use , , - ,

Astra 2F Astra 2F is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES S.A., launched in September 2012 to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position. The satellite provides free-to-air and encrypted direct-to-home (DTH) digital television an ...

, Luxembourg ,

, UK and Europe ,

, , , - ,

Astra 2G Astra 2G is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 27 December 2014, at 21:37:49 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Astra 2G is positioned at 28.5° East (part of the ...

, Luxembourg ,

, UK and Europe ,

, , , - , 29.0°E ,

XTAR-EUR The XTAR-EUR is a communication satellite developed by Spain and the United States and in order to provide a secure channel over the Indian Ocean. It was originally operated by XTAR and Hisdesat. In year 2020 Hisdesat bought 100% stake on the sa ...

, , Spain ,

, , , , Ariane-5 ECA , , , - , 30.5°E , Arabsat 2B, Arabsat 5A , ,

Arabsat The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (often abbreviated as Arabsat) is a communications satellite operator in the Arab World, headquartered in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Arabsat was created to deliver satellite-based, public and ...

, , , , ,

, , , - , 31.5°E ,

Astra 5B Astra 5B is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES. It was launched as SES' 56th satellite in March 2014, to the newest of the Astra orbital positions for direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television, at 31.5° East ...

, Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,

, , , - , rowspan="2", 33.0°E , Eurobird 3 , , Europe ,

, , , ,

, , , - , Intelsat 28 , , , , , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="2", 36th meridian east, 36.0°E , SESAT 1, Eutelsat Sesat 1 , , Europe ,

, , , ,

, , , - , Eutelsat W4 , , Europe ,

, , , , Atlas IIIA , , , - , 38th meridian east, 38.0°E , Paksat-1R , , Pakistan , Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission , , , ,

, , , - , 39th meridian east, 39.0°E , Kazsat 1 (Kazachstan 1) , , , , , , ,

(401) , , , - , 40th meridian east, 40.0°E , , , USSR , Staat Betrieb Weltraum N. (ГПКС) , , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="2", 42nd meridian east, 42.0°E , Turksat 3A , , Turkey , Turksat (satellite), Turksat ,

, 24 , ,

, , , - , Turksat 4A (phantom), Türksat 5B. , , Turkey , Turksat (satellite), Turksat ,

, 28 , ,

, , , - , 45th meridian east, 45.0°E , Intelsat 12 , , Europe , European Space Agency, ESA , , , , , , - , 46th meridian east, 46.0°E , Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a, Azerspace-1/ Africasat-1a, Syracuse 4A (45,5°e) (Phantom) , Orbital STAR-2.4 , Azerbaijan , Azercosmos , Broadcast and Telecommunications Satellite , C-band: Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe, Ku-band: Central Asia and Europe , ,

, , 2014-09-11 , - , 49th meridian east, 49.0°E , fufel place , , , , , , , , - , 50.5°E , NSS-5 ,

AS-7000 , Netherlands ,

,
Ariane 4, Ariane-42L , Hybrid C-band/

satellite
Formerly Intelsat 803 (1997-1998), NSS-803 (1998-2005) , , - , 52.0°E , TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT, MonacoSAT / TürkmenÄlem 52°E ,

Spacebus 4000, Spacebus 4000C2 , Monaco, Turkmenistan , SSI-Monaco, Turkmenistan National Space Agency , Broadcasting and data services , Central Asia, Middle East, North Africa, Europe ,
Falcon 9 v1.1 ,

satellite
TürkmenÄlem payload formerly called TurkmenSat 1 , , - , 52.5°E , Yahsat 1A ,

] , Europe , Al Yah Satellite Communications , Direct broadcasting , Middle East, North Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe ,
Ariane 5ECA (VA201) , Hybrid C-band/

satellite , , - , 53rd meridian east, 53.0°E , Express (satellite), Express AM22 , , Russia , Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik)/

, , , ,

, , , - , 56th meridian east, 56.0°E , Bonum 1 , , Russia , , , , ,

(7925-9.5) , , , - , rowspan="2", 57.0°E , NSS-12 ,

SSL-1300 , Netherlands ,

, Indian Ocean Region ,

, Formerly GE 1A (2000), AAP 1 (2000-2004, 2005-2007), Worldsat 1 (2004-2005) , - , Astra 2D, Kazsat 3 (59°e) , HS-376HP , Luxembourg ,

, , ,

, Not in regular use , , - , 62nd meridian east, 62.6°E , Inmarsat-5 F1 (phantom), Gorizont 2 , , UK, USSR , Inmarsat, USSR KPSS , Maritime and Aviation Communications , EAME , , 1979

, , 2014-04-2 , - , 64th meridian east, 64.5°E , Inmarsat-3 F1 , , UK , Inmarsat , Maritime and Aviation Communications , Indian Ocean Region , , Atlas IIA, , , 2014-04-2 , - , 66th meridian west, 66°W , Galaxy 27, Galaxy-27 ,

, US ,

, Television broadcasting & Satellite Internet Access , , ,

, Inclined, collocated , 2016-04-05 , - , 66th meridian west, 66°W , Intelsat 17 , , , Intelsat , , , November 26, 2010 , Replaces Intelsat 702 , , - , rowspan="2", 68.5°E , Intelsat 20 ,

, Europe , European Space Agency, ESA , , , ,

, , , - , Eutelsat 70B (70,5°ost) , HS-601HP, E3000 , US , , , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="5" , 74th meridian east, 74.0°E , INSAT-3C , , India , ISRO , , , , Ariane 42L , , , - , KALPANA-1 , , India , ISRO , Weather satellite , N/A , , Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV , Originally MetSat-1. Renamed in 2003 in memory of Kalpana Chawla, an astronaut killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, ''Columbia'' accident , 2007-10-27 , - , GSAT-3, EDUSAT , , India , ISRO , Educational communication satellite , 6 and 6 C-band transmitters, covering India , , Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV , Also known as GSAT-3 , 2007-10-27 , - , INSAT-4CR , , India , ISRO , DTH, VPT and DSNG communication , 12 covering India , , Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV , , 2007-10-27 , - , GSAT-18 , I-3K , India , ISRO ,

, 24 C-band transponders, 12 upper extended C-band transponders, 12 Ku-band transponders, 2 Ku-Beacon transmitters , 5 October 2015,

, Launched with Australian NBN-Co 1B , , - , 75th meridian east, 75.0°E , ABS 1 , , , Lockheed Martin Intersputnik , , , ,

, , , - , 79th meridian east, 79.0°E , Esiafi 1, Kazsat 2 (Kazachtan 2) (87°e) , HS-351 , , Tongasat ,

, , , Atlas-Centaur , Originally Comstar-4 for Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, LMGT. Ranamed Parallax-1 in 2001 and operated by SSC Parallax. Purchased by Tongasat and renamed Esiafi-1 in 2002 , 2007-11-10 , - , 80th meridian east, 80.0°E , , , USSR , ГПКС , , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="2", 90th meridian east, 90.0°E , Yamal 101, Raduga 1M2 (neue Globus) (85.0°e), Gorizont 20 , , Russia ,

(subsidiary of Gazprom) , , , ,

, 2010 , , , - , Yamal 201 , , Russia ,

(subsidiary of Gazprom) , , , ,

, , , - , rowspan="2", 91.5°E , MEASAT, MEASAT-3 , Boeing 601 HP , Malaysia , MEASAT, MEASAT Satellite Systems , Broadcast and Telecommunications , C-band: Asia, Australia, Middle East, South Eastern Europe and Eastern Africa
Ku-band: Malaysia, Indonesia and South Asia , ,

, , 2013-10-08 , - , MEASAT, MEASAT-3a , Orbital STAR-2.3 , Malaysia , MEASAT, MEASAT Satellite Systems , Broadcast and Telecommunications , C-band: Asia, Australia, Middle East and Eastern Africa
Ku-band: Malaysia, Indonesia , , Land Launch Zenit - 3SLB , , 2013-10-08 , - , 92.2° , ChinaSat 9 , Thales Alenia Space, Alcatel SB4000 , China , China Satcom , Broadcast and Telecommunications , China , 9 June 2008, Long March 3B , , , - , rowspan="2", 95th meridian east, 95.0°E , SES-8 ,

GEOStar-2, STAR-2.4 , Luxembourg ,

, Direct broadcasting, government, VSAT , South Asia, India, Mainland Southeast Asia, Indo-China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos ,
Falcon 9 v1.1 ,

satellite , , - , SES-12 ,

, Luxembourg ,

, Direct broadcasting, VSAT, mobility, data , South Asia, Asia-Pacific ,

satellite , , - , 96th meridian east, 96.0°E , Thuraya 3 (Pleiades) (98,5°e) , , , , , , , Arianespace , , , - , 105th meridian east, 105.0°E , AsiaStar , , US , CMMB Vision (formerly 1worldspace) , Television, radio, data , Southeast and South Asia , ,

, , , - , rowspan="2", 108.2°E , SES-7 , Boeing Satellite Development Center, Boeing Satellite Systems
Boeing 601, BSS-601HP , United States ,

, Direct broadcasting, VSAT , Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Philippines, Southeast Asia ,

, Previously named Galaxy-8iR, ProtoStar-2/IndoStar-2
Hybrid Ku band, Ku/S band, S/

satellite , , - , SES-9 , Boeing Satellite Development Center, Boeing Satellite Systems
Boeing 702, BSS-702HP , Luxembourg ,

, Direct broadcasting, maritime , Northeast Asia, South Asia, Indonesia, Indian Ocean ,

satellite , , - , 119.1°E , Bangabandhu Satellite-1, Bangabandhu-1 , , Bangladesh , Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited , Communication and Broadcasting , Southeast and South Asia , 11 May 2018, Falcon 9, Falcon 9 Block 5 , , , - , 119.5°E , MEASAT, MEASAT-5, Vinasat 2 (yude 1) (132°e) , Loral FS-1300 SX , Malaysia , MEASAT, MEASAT Satellite Systems ,

, Malaysia , , 2012

, , 2013-10-08 , - , - , rowspan="2" , 140th meridian east, 140.0°E , NBN-Co 1A, TDRS D (129°e with move) , SSL 1300 , Australia , NBN Co ,

, 101 K_a spot beams covering mainland Australia and some offshore territories , 30 September 2015,

, Launched with Argentine

, 2016-04-01 , - , , , USSR , State Satellite Communications Company (ГПКС, Staat Betrieb Weltraum Nachrichtendienst), , , ,

, , , - , 145th meridian east, 145.0°E , NBN-Co 1B , SSL 1300 , Australia , NBN Co ,

, 101 K_a spot beams covering mainland Australia and some offshore territories , 5 October 2015,

, Launched with Indian GSAT-18 , 2016-04-01 , - , 146th meridian east, 146.0°E , Agila 2 , , Philippines , Space Systems/Loral ,

, TV and Radio Broadcasting , Southeast Asia , ,

, , , - , 148th meridian east, 148.0°E , MEASAT, MEASAT-2 , Huges 376 HP , Malaysia , MEASAT, MEASAT Satellite Systems , Broadcast & Telecommunications , C-band: Asia Pacific and Hawaii
Ku-band: West Malaysia/Indonesia (Sumatra & Java), Taiwan, Eastern Australia, Vietnam and the Philippines (switchable) , ,

, inclined orbit , 2013-10-08 , - , rowspan="2", 152nd meridian east, 152.0°E , Optus B3 ,

, Australia , Optus / Commonwealth Bank , Comsat , , ,

, , 2007-10-28 , - , Optus D2 , STAR-2 , Australia , Optus , Comsat , , , Ariane 5GS , , 2007-10-28 , - , 166th meridian east, 166.0°E , Intelsat 8, Intelsat 19 ,

, SSL 1300E , US , , , , ,

, , , - , 176.0°E , NSS-11 ,

, United States ,

, Broadcast and Telecommunications , China, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Philippines ,

, Formerly GE 1A (2000), AAP 1 (2000-2004, 2005-2007), Worldsat 1 (2004-2005) , - , 178 meridian east, 178.0°E , , , , , , , , , , -

In transit

, - ! Destination ! Satellite ! Satellite
bus ! Source ! Operator ! Type ! Coverage ! Launch date, GMT, and vehicle ! Previous locations ! Remarks ! As of , - , 65.0°W , Star One C1 , Spacebus 3000 B3 , Brazil , Star One (satellite operator), Star One , Broadcast comsat , 28 C-band
14 Ku band, K_u band
1 X-band, covering

, ,

, , , 2007-11-14 , - , 53rd meridian east, 53.0°E , Skynet 5B, Syracuse 4a, 28°e , Eurostar E3000, E3000 , UK , UK Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Defence/Paradigm , Military comsat , , , Ariane 5ECA , , , 2007-11-14 , - , 5th meridian east, 5.0°E , Sirius (satellite)#Sirius 4, Sirius 4 ,

, Sweden , SES Sirius ,

, 52

covering

covering Scandinavia , ,

, , , 2007-11-18 , - , 93.1°W , Galaxy 25, Galaxy-25 ,

, United States , , , , ,

, , formerly Telstar 5 , 2008-11-20 , - , 105th meridian west, 105.0°W , Galaxy 15, Galaxy-15 ,

Star-2 , United States ,

, Television/Radio Broadcasting,

PRN #135 , , ,

, 133rd meridian west, 133.0°W , drifting to libration point since loss of Orbital station-keeping, stationkeeping on April 5, 2010 , , -

Historical

, - ! Date of disposal ! Satellite ! Satellite
bus ! Source ! Operator ! Type ! Coverage ! Launch date, UTC, and vehicle ! Locations ! Remarks ! As of , - , , USA 1 , - , , Kosmos 1546 , Blok D (Syncom, U.S.) , USSR , USSR Gov. , Early warning , Continental USA , ,

, 24°W , Deactivated , 2002 , - ,
20:37 GMT , Thaicom 3 , Spacebus 3000, Spacebus 3000 A , Thailand , Shin Satellite ,

, Middle East and South Asia , ,

, 78.5°E , Retired after power system failure , , - , 2008-11-09 , NigComSat-1 , DFH-4 , Nigeria , National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA , Communication satellite , 4 C-band, 14 Ku band, K_u band & 2 L-band covering

. 8 Ka band, K_a band covering Africa and Italy , ,

, 42.5°E (2007–2008) , Power system failure , 2008-11-19 , - , 2008-07-14 , EchoStar II, EchoStar-2 ,

, US ,

, Direct Broadcasting , , ,

, , 148th meridian west, 148.0°W (1999–2008) , Failed in orbit 2008-07-14, slowly drifting east , 2008-11-19 , - , 1994? , DFS Kopernikus 1 (china nüre 1) , , deutschland , Deutsche Bundespost / Deutsche Telekom AG , Television and Radio Broadcasting , , 1989? , 23.5°E, later 33.5°E , No longer in use , , - , 2000? , DFS Kopernikus 2 (taube scheiße 2) , , Germany , Deutsche Bundespost / Deutsche Telekom AG , Television and Radio Broadcasting , , 1990? , 28.5°E , No longer in use , , - , 2002? , Helasat 1 (turkey nüre 1) , , Greece , Deutsche Bundespost / Deutsche Telekom AG , Television and Radio Broadcasting , , 1992? , 23.5°E , No longer in use , , - , December 2004 , Astra 1A , GEC 4000 series, GE-4000 , Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,

, 19.2°E, 5.2°E , Graveyard orbit , , - , July 2006 , Astra 1B , GEC 4000 series, GE-4000 , Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,

, 19.2°E , Originally built as Satcom (satellite), Satcom K3. In graveyard orbit , , - , 2012 ? , AMC-2 ,

A2100A , United States ,

, Television and Radio Broadcasting ,

(V93) , 81°W, 81°W , Formerly GE-2 (1997-2001). Drifting west 2.9°/day , , - , 17 May 2014 , AMC-5 , Aérospatiale
Spacebus, Spacebus 2000 , United States ,

, ,

(V113) , 79°W , Formerly GE-5, Nahuel-1B
In graveyard orbit , , - , October 2014 , NSS-703 , Space Systems/Loral
Spacebus, SSL-1300 , Netherlands ,

,
Atlas IIAS , 29.5°E, 47°W , Originally Intelsat 703
Drifting west , , - , Active , AMC-7 ,

A2100A , United States ,

(V130) , 137°W, 135°W , Formerly GE-7, Drifting west 4.1°/day , , - , 2015 , , HS-376HP , , ,

, Europe ,

, , Drifting west , , - , February 2015 , Astra 1C ,

, Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,
Ariane 42L , 19.2°E, 5°E, 72°W, 1.2°W, 40°W , Drifting west , , - , June 2015 , Astra 1E ,

, Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,
Ariane 42L , 19.2°E, 23.5°E, 5°E, 108.2°E, 31.5°E , Drifting west , , - , July 2017 , AMC-9 , Spacebus 3000, Spacebus 3000B3 , United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting ,

, 83°W , Formerly GE-12. In graveyard orbit , , - , 2018 ? , NSS-806 , ,

AS-7000 , Netherlands ,

,
Atlas IIAS , 40.5°W, 47.5°W , Originally Intelsat 806
Drifting west , , - , February 2019 , AMC-10 (satellite), AMC-10 ,

A2100A , United States ,

, Direct Broadcasting ,

,
Atlas IIAS (AC-165) , 135°W , Formerly GE-10. In graveyard orbit , , - , October 2019 , Astra 1H , HS-601HP , Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,

, 19.2°E, 52.2°E, 67°W, 47.5°W, 55.2°E, 43.5°E, 81°W , Drifting west , , - , November 2020 , Astra 1F ,

, Luxembourg ,

, Europe ,

, 19.2°E, 51°E, 55°E, 45.5°E , Drifting west , , -

References

External links

SatcoDX, a useful 3rd party resource

Lyngsat, a useful 3rd party resource

Satbeams – satellite footprints

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