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List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit
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Everything about Broadcast Satellite totally explainedThis is the list of satellites in geosynchronous orbit. Those satellites are commonly used for communication purposes, such as radio and television networks, backhaul, and direct broadcast. Other significant use of geosynchronous satellites is global navigation. A number of weather satellites are also present in geosynchronous orbits.
Listings are from west to east (increasing longitude) by orbital position, starting and ending with the International Date Line.
Western Hemisphere
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| Location |
Satellite |
Satellite
bus |
Operator |
Type |
Coverage |
Launch date/rocket (GMT) |
All locations |
Remarks |
As of |
| 148.0°W |
EchoStar-1 |
AS-7000 |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Long March 2E |
148.0°W (1999—) |
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| EchoStar-2 |
AS-7000 |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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11 September 1996, Ariane 4 |
, 148.0°W (1999—) |
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2007-10-26 |
| 139.0°W |
Americom-8 |
A2100A |
SES Americom & AT&T Alascom |
Television and radio broadcasting |
24 C band (Canada, Carribean, mainland USA) |
19 December 2000, Ariane 5G |
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Previously GE-8 for GE Americom; also known as Aurora III; replaced Satcom C-5 in March 2001 |
2007-05-19 |
| 137.0°W |
Americom-7 |
A2100A |
SES Americom |
Television and radio broadcasting |
Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico |
14 September 2000, Ariane 5G |
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Previously GE-7 for GE Americom |
2007-05-01 |
| 135.0°W |
Americom-10 |
A2100A |
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Mainland USA, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico |
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| 133.0°W |
Galaxy-15 |
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| 131.0°W |
Americom-11 |
A2100A |
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Mainland USA, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico |
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| 129.0°W |
Galaxy-27 |
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| EchoStar-5 |
FS-1300 |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Atlas IIAS |
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| 127.0°W |
Galaxy-13 |
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| Horizons-1 |
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| 125.0°W |
Galaxy-14 |
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| Galaxy-12 |
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spare |
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| 123.0°W |
Galaxy-10R |
Boeing 601 |
Intelsat |
Television and radio broadcasting |
North America |
, Ariane 5 |
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Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite |
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| 121.0°W |
Galaxy-23 |
FS-1300 |
Intelsat |
Direct Broadcasting |
North America |
, Zenit-3SL |
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Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite; C-band payload referred to as Galaxy-23 |
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| EchoStar-9 |
FS-1300 |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
North America |
, Zenit-3SL |
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Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite; Ku/Ka-band payload referred to as EchoStar-9 |
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| 119.0°W |
DirecTV-7S |
LS-1300 |
DirecTV |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Zenit-3SL |
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| EchoStar-7 |
A2100AX |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Atlas IIIB |
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| Americom-16 |
A2100AXS |
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| 118.8°W |
Anik F3 |
Eurostar-3000 |
Telesat Canada |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Proton |
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Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite |
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| 116.8°W |
SatMex-5 |
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| 115.0°W |
XM-Blues |
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| XM-Rock |
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| XM-Roll |
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| Solidaridad-2 |
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| 113.0°W |
Satmex-6 |
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| 111.1°W |
Anik F2 |
Boeing 702 |
Telesat Canada |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Ariane 5G |
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Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite |
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| 110.4°W |
EchoStar-6 |
FS-1300 |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Atlas IIAS |
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spare |
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| 110.0°W |
EchoStar-8 |
FS-1300 |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Proton |
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| EchoStar-10 |
A2100AXS |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Zenit-3SL |
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| DirecTV-5 |
LS-1300 |
DirecTV |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Proton |
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32 Ku-band transponders |
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| 107.3°W |
Anik F1 |
Boeing 702 |
Telesat Canada |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Ariane 44L |
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Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite; will be replaced by Anik F1R |
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| Anik F1R |
Eurostar-3000 |
Telesat Canada |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Proton |
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Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite; will replace Anik F1 |
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| 105.0°W |
Americom-18 |
A2100A |
SES Americom |
Direct Broadcasting |
Mainland USA, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico |
, Ariane 5 |
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| Americom-15 |
A2100AXS |
SES Americom |
Direct Broadcasting |
CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii |
, ProtonM |
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Hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite; twin of Americom-16 |
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| 103.0°W |
Americom-1 |
A2100A |
SES Americom |
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Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean |
, Atlas IIA |
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Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite |
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| 102.8°W |
SPACEWAY-1 |
Boeing 702 |
DirecTV |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Zenit-3SL |
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| 101.2°W |
DirecTV-4S |
Boeing 601 |
DirecTV |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Ariane 44LP |
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48 Ku-band transponders |
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| 101.1°W |
DirecTV-9S |
LS-1300 |
DirecTV |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Ariane 5ECA |
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| 101.0°W |
Americom-4 |
A2100AX |
SES Americom |
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Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America |
, Ariane 44LP |
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Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite |
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| 100.8°W |
DirecTV-8 |
LS-1300 |
DirecTV |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Proton |
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Hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite |
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| 99.2°W |
SPACEWAY-2 |
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| 99.0°W |
Galaxy-16 |
FS-1300 |
Intelsat |
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, Zenit-3SL |
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| 97.0°W |
Galaxy-25 |
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| 95.0°W |
Galaxy-3C |
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| 93.0°W |
Galaxy-26 |
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| 91.0°W |
Nimiq 1 |
A2100AX |
Telesat Canada |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Proton |
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32 Ku-band transponders |
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| Galaxy-11 |
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| 89.0°W |
Galaxy-28 |
FS-1300 |
Intelsat |
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The Americas |
, Zenit-3SL |
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Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite; launched as Intelsat Americas-8 |
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| 87.0°W |
Americom-3 |
A2100A |
SES Americom |
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Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean |
, Atlas IIA |
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Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite |
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| 85.0°W |
XM-Rhythm |
Boeing 702 |
XM Satellie Radio Holdings |
Radio Broadcasting |
CONUS |
, Zenit-3SL |
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| Americom-2 |
A2100A |
SES Americom |
Direct Broadcasting |
Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico |
, Ariane 44L |
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| Americom-16 |
A2100AXS |
SES Americom |
Direct Broadcasting |
CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii |
, Atlas V |
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Hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite; twin of Americom-15 |
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| 84.0°W |
Brasilsat-B3 |
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| 83.0°W |
Americom-9 |
3000B3 |
SES Americom |
Direct Broadcasting |
CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean |
, Proton |
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Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite |
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| 82.0°W |
Nimiq 2 |
A2100AX |
Telesat Canada |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Proton |
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Hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite |
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| Nimiq 3 |
HS-601 |
Telesat Canada |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Ariane 42P |
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Previously DirecTV-3 for DirecTV |
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| 79.0°W |
Americom-5 |
Spacebus-2000 |
SES Americom |
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CONUS, Canada, Mexico |
, Ariane 44L |
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| Satcom C3 |
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, Ariane 44LP |
Inclined orbit |
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| 77.0°W |
EchoStar-4 |
A2100AX |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Proton |
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spare |
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| 76.8°W |
Galaxy-4R |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 75.0°W |
Brasilsat-B1 |
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| 74.9°W |
Galaxy-9 |
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spare |
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| 74.0°W |
SBS-6 |
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| 72.5°W |
Directv-1R |
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| 72.0°W |
Americom-6 |
A2100AX |
SES Americom |
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CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America |
, ProtonDM |
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Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite; a portion of the Ku-band payload is dedicated to South America |
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| 71.0°W |
Nahuel-1 |
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| 70.0°W |
Brasilsat-B4 |
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| 65.0°W |
Brasilsat-B2 |
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| 63.0°W |
Estrela do Sul 1 |
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| 61.5°W |
EchoStar-12 |
A2100AXS |
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Formerly Rainbow-1, purchased from VOOM |
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| EchoStar-3 |
A2100AX |
Echostar/DISH Network |
Direct Broadcasting |
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, Atlas IIAS |
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| 61.0ºW |
Hispasat Amazonas |
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| 58.0°W |
Intelsat-9 |
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formerly PAS-9 |
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| 55.5°W |
Intelsat-805 |
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| 53.0°W |
Intelsat-707 |
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| 50.0°W |
Intelsat-705 |
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| 45.0°W |
Intelsat-1R |
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formerly PAS-1R |
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| 43.1°W |
Intelsat-3R |
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formerly PAS-3R |
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| 43.0°W |
Intelsat-6B |
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formerly PAS-6B |
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| 40.5°W |
NSS-806 |
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| 37.5°W |
NSS-10 |
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| Telstar-11 |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 34.5°W |
Intelsat-903 |
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| 31.5°W |
Intelsat-801 |
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| 30.0ºW |
Hispasat-1C |
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| Hispasat-1D |
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| 27.5°W |
Intelsat-907 |
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| 24.5°W |
Intelsat-905 |
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| 24.0°W |
Cosmos 2379 |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 22.0°W |
NSS-7 |
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| 20.0°W |
Intelsat-603 |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 18.0°W |
Intelsat-901 |
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| 15.5°W |
Inmarsat 3 f2 |
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| 15.0°W |
Telstar 12 |
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| 14.0°W |
Gorizont 32 |
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Inclined orbit |
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| Express-A4 |
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| 12.5°W |
Atlantic Bird 1 |
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| 11.0°W |
Express-A3 |
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| 8.0°W |
Atlantic Bird 2 |
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| Telecom 2D |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 7.0°W |
Nilesat 101 |
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| Nilesat 102 |
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| Nilesat 103 |
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| Atlantic Bird 4 |
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| 5.0°W |
Atlantic Bird 3 |
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| 4.0°W |
AMOS 1 |
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| AMOS 2 |
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| 3.4°W |
Meteosat 8 |
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| 1.0°W |
Intelsat 10-02 |
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| 0.8°W |
Thor 2 |
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| Thor 3 |
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Eastern Hemisphere
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| Location |
Satellite |
Satellite
bus |
Operator |
Type |
Coverage |
Launch date/rocket (GMT) |
All locations |
Remarks |
As of |
| 0.5°E |
Meteosat 7 |
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Weather satellite |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 3.0°E |
Telecom 2A |
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| 4.0°E |
Eurobird 4 |
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| 4.8°E |
Sirius 4 |
A2100AX |
SES Sirius |
Comsat |
52 Ku-band covering Europe
2 Ka-band covering Scandinavia |
17 November 2007
Proton-M |
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2007-11-18 |
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| Astra 1C |
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0.9º inclined orbit |
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| 5.0°E |
Sirius 3 |
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| 5.2°E |
Astra 1A |
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| 6.0°E |
Skynet 4F |
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Military communications |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 7.0°E |
Eutelsat W3A |
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| 9.0°E |
Eurobird 9 |
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formerly Hot Bird 2 |
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| 9.5°E |
Meteosat 6 |
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Weather satellite |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 10.0°E |
Eutelsat W1 |
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| 12.5°E |
Raduga 29 |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 13.0°E |
Hot Bird 6 |
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| Hot Bird 7A |
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| Hot Bird 8 |
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| 16.0°E |
Eutelsat W2 |
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| 19.2°E |
Astra 1E |
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| Astra 1F |
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| Astra 1G |
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| Astra 1H |
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| Astra 1KR |
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| Astra 1L |
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| 20.0°E |
Arabsat 2A |
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Inclined orbit |
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| 21.0°E |
AfriStar |
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| 21.5°E |
Eutelsat W6 |
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| Artemis |
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Inclined orbit. |
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| 23.5°E |
Astra 3A |
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| 25.0°E |
Inmarsat 3 F5 |
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| 25.5ºE |
Eurobird 2 |
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| 25.8°E |
Badr 2 |
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| 26.0°E |
Badr 3 |
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| 26.2°E |
Badr C |
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| 28.2°E |
Astra 2A |
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| Astra 2B |
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| Astra 2C |
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| Astra 2D |
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| 28.5°E |
Eurobird 1 |
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| 30.5°E |
Arabsat 2B |
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| 31.3°E |
Astra 1D |
HS-601 |
SES Astra |
Comsat |
24 Ku-band |
1 November 1994, Ariane 4 |
19.2°E (1994-1998)
28.2°E (1998)
19.2°E (1998-1999)
28.2°E (1999-2001)
24.2°E (2001-2003)
23.0°E (2003-2004)
23.5°E (2004-2007)
30.0°E (2007—) |
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2007-11-14 |
| 31.5°E |
Sirius 2 |
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| 33.0°E |
Eurobird 3 |
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| Intelsat 802 |
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| 36.0°E |
Eutelsat Sesat 1 |
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| Eutelsat W4 |
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| 38.0°E |
Paksat 1 |
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| 39.0°E |
Hellas Sat 2 |
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| 42.0°E |
Turksat 1C |
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Turksat |
Comsat |
16 Ku-band |
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42°E |
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| Turksat 2A |
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Turksat |
Comsat |
34 Ku-band |
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42°E |
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| 42.5°E |
NigComSat-1 |
DFH-4 |
NASRDA |
Communication satellite |
4 C-band, 14 Ku-band & 2 L-band covering Africa. 8 Ka-band covering Africa and Italy |
13 May 2007, Long March 3B |
42.5°E (2007—) |
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2007-08-06 |
| 45.0°E |
Intelsat 12 |
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| 53.0°E |
Express AM22 |
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| 56.0°E |
Bonum 1 |
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| 68.5°E |
Intelsat 7 |
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| Intelsat 10 |
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| 74.0°E |
INSAT-3C |
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ISRO |
Weather satellite |
N/A |
12 September 2002, PSLV |
74.0°E (2002—) |
Originally MetSat-1. Renamed in 2003 in memory of Kalpana Chawla, an astronaut killed in the Columbia accident |
2007-10-27 |
| EDUSAT |
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ISRO |
Educational communication satellite |
6 Ka-band and 6 C-band transmitters, covering India |
20 September 2004, GSLV |
74.0°E (2004—) |
Also known as GSAT-3 |
2007-10-27 |
| INSAT-4CR |
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INSAT |
DTH, VPT and DSNG communication |
12 Ku-band covering India |
2 September 2007, GSLV |
74.0°E (2007—) |
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2007-10-27 |
| 79.0°E |
Esafi 1 |
HS-351 |
Tongasat |
Comsat |
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21 February 1981, Atlas-Centaur |
142.0°W (1981)
127°W (1981-1985)
76.0°W (1985-2001)
69.5°E (2001-2002)
70°E (2002-2007)
79.0°E (2007—) |
Originally Comstar-4 for LMGT. Ranamed Parallax-1 in 2001 and operated by SSC Parallax. Purchased by Tongasat and renamed Esafi-1 in 2002 |
2007-11-10 |
| 91.5°E |
MEASAT-1 |
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| 148.0°E |
MEASAT-2 |
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Optus B3 |
BS601 |
Optus/Commonwealth Bank |
Comsat |
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27 August 1994, Long March 2E |
152.0°E (1994-1995)
156.0°E (1995-2003)
152.0°E (2003—) |
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2007-10-28 |
| Optus D2 |
STAR-2 |
Optus |
Comsat |
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5 October 2007, Ariane 5 |
152.0°E (2007—) |
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2007-10-28 |
| 166.0°E |
Intelsat 8 |
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Satellite |
Satellite
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Operator |
Type |
Coverage |
Launch date/rocket (GMT) |
Previous locations |
Remarks |
As of |
| 65.0°W |
Star One C1 |
SB3000/B3 |
Star One |
Broadcast comsat |
28 C-band
14 Ku-band
1 X-band, covering South America |
14 November 2007
Ariane 5-ECA |
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2007-11-14 |
| 53.0°E |
Skynet 5B |
E3000 |
Ministry of Defence/Paradigm |
Military comsat |
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14 November 2007
Ariane 5-ECA |
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2007-11-14 |
| 5.0°E |
Sirius 4 |
A2100AX |
SES Sirius |
Comsat |
52 Ku-band covering Europe
2 Ka-band covering Scandinavia |
17 November 2007
Proton-M |
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2007-11-18 |
Historical
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Satellite |
Satellite
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Operator |
Type |
Coverage |
Launch date/rocket (GMT) |
Locations |
Remarks |
As of |
20:37 GMT |
Thaicom 3 |
SpaceBus 3000A |
Shin Satellite |
Comsat |
Middle East and South Asia |
16 April 1997
Ariane 4 (44LP) |
78.5°E |
Retired after power system failure |
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