User:GW Simulations/Comsats
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This is the list of broadcast satellites — communications satellites used primarily for radio and television networks, backhauls, and DBSs.
Listings are from west to east (increasing longitude) by orbital position, starting and ending with the International Date Line.
[edit] 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 | 28 December 1995, Long March 2E | 119°W (1996-1999), 148.0°W (1999—) | 2007-10-26 | ||
| EchoStar-2 | AS-7000 | Echostar/DISH Network | Direct Broadcasting | 11 September 1996, Ariane 4 | 119°W (1996-1999), 148.0°W (1999—) | 2007-10-26 | |||
| 139.0°W | Americom-8 | A2100A | SES Americom & Alascom | Television and radio broadcasting | 24 C band (Canada, Carribean, mainland USA) | 19 December 2000, Ariane 5G | Previously GE-8 for GE Americom, Also known as Aurora III | 2007-05-19 | |
| 137.0°W | Americom-7 | A2100A | SES Americom | Television and radio broadcasting | 14 September 2000, Ariane 5G | Previously GE-7 for GE Americom | 2007-05-01 | ||
| 135.0°W | Americom-10 | ||||||||
| 133.0°W | Galaxy-15 | ||||||||
| 131.0°W | Americom-11 | ||||||||
| 129.0°W | Galaxy-27 | ||||||||
| 127.0°W | Galaxy-13 | ||||||||
| Horizons-1 | |||||||||
| 125.0°W | Galaxy-14 | ||||||||
| Galaxy-12 | spare | ||||||||
| 123.0°W | Galaxy-10R | ||||||||
| 121.0°W | Galaxy-23 | ||||||||
| EchoStar-9 | |||||||||
| 119.0°W | Directv-7S | ||||||||
| EchoStar-7 | |||||||||
| Americom-16 | |||||||||
| 118.8°W | Anik F3 | ||||||||
| 116.8°W | SatMex-5 | ||||||||
| 115.0°W | XM-Blues | ||||||||
| XM-Rock | |||||||||
| XM-Roll | |||||||||
| Solidaridad-2 | |||||||||
| 113.0°W | Satmex-6 | ||||||||
| 111.1°W | Anik F2 | ||||||||
| 110.4°W | EchoStar-6 | spare | |||||||
| 110.0°W | EchoStar-8 | ||||||||
| EchoStar-10 | |||||||||
| Directv-5 | |||||||||
| 107.3°W | Anik F1 | ||||||||
| Anik F1R | |||||||||
| 105.0°W | Americom-18 | Scheduled to replace Americom 15 | |||||||
| Americom-15 | |||||||||
| 103.0°W | Americom-1 | ||||||||
| 102.8°W | SPACEWAY-1 | ||||||||
| 101.2°W | Directv-4S | ||||||||
| 101.1°W | Directv-9R | ||||||||
| 101.0°W | Americom-4 | ||||||||
| 100.8°W | Directv-8 | ||||||||
| 99.2°W | SPACEWAY-2 | ||||||||
| 99.0°W | Galaxy-16 | ||||||||
| 97.0°W | Galaxy-25 | ||||||||
| 95.0°W | Galaxy-3C | ||||||||
| 93.0°W | Galaxy-26 | ||||||||
| 91.0°W | Nimiq-1 | ||||||||
| Galaxy-11 | |||||||||
| 89.0°W | Galaxy-28 | ||||||||
| 87.0°W | Americom-3 | ||||||||
| 85.0°W | XM-Rhythm | ||||||||
| Americom-2 | |||||||||
| 84.0°W | Brasilsat-B3 | ||||||||
| 83.0°W | Americom-9 | ||||||||
| 82.0°W | Nimiq-2 | ||||||||
| Nimiq-3 | formerly Directv-3 | ||||||||
| 79.0°W | Americom-5 | ||||||||
| Satcom-C3 | Inclined orbit | ||||||||
| 77.0°W | EchoStar-4 | spare | |||||||
| 76.8°W | Galaxy-4R | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| 75.0°W | Brasilsat-B1 | ||||||||
| 74.9°W | Galaxy-9 | spare | |||||||
| 74.0°W | SBS-6 | ||||||||
| 72.5°W | Directv-1R | ||||||||
| 72.0°W | Americom-6 | ||||||||
| 71.0°W | Nahuel-1 | ||||||||
| 70.0°W | Brasilsat-B4 | ||||||||
| 65.0°W | Brasilsat-B2 | ||||||||
| 63.0°W | Estrela do Sul 1 | ||||||||
| 61.5°W | Rainbow-1 | ||||||||
| EchoStar-3 | |||||||||
| 61.0ºW | Hispasat Amazonas | ||||||||
| 58.0°W | Intelsat-9 | formerly PAS-9 | |||||||
| 55.5°W | Intelsat-805 | ||||||||
| 53.0°W | Intelsat-707 | ||||||||
| 50.0°W | Intelsat-705 | ||||||||
| 45.0°W | Intelsat-1R | formerly PAS-1R | |||||||
| 43.1°W | Intelsat-3R | formerly PAS-3R | |||||||
| 43.0°W | Intelsat-6B | formerly PAS-6B | |||||||
| 40.5°W | NSS-806 | ||||||||
| 37.5°W | NSS-10 | ||||||||
| Telstar-11 | Inclined orbit | ||||||||
| 34.5°W | Intelsat-903 | ||||||||
| 31.5°W | Intelsat-801 | ||||||||
| 30.0ºW | Hispasat-1C | ||||||||
| Hispasat-1D | |||||||||
| 27.5°W | Intelsat-907 | ||||||||
| 24.5°W | Intelsat-905 | ||||||||
| 24.0°W | Cosmos 2379 | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| 22.0°W | NSS-7 | ||||||||
| 20.0°W | Intelsat-603 | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| 18.0°W | Intelsat-901 | ||||||||
| 15.5°W | Inmarsat 3 f2 | ||||||||
| 15.0°W | Telstar 12 | ||||||||
| 14.0°W | Gorizont 32 | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| Express-A4 | |||||||||
| 12.5°W | Atlantic Bird 1 | ||||||||
| 11.0°W | Express-A3 | ||||||||
| 8.0°W | Atlantic Bird 2 | ||||||||
| Telecom 2D | Inclined orbit | ||||||||
| 7.0°W | Nilesat 101 | ||||||||
| Nilesat 102 | |||||||||
| Nilesat 103 | |||||||||
| Atlantic Bird 4 | |||||||||
| 5.0°W | Atlantic Bird 3 | ||||||||
| 4.0°W | AMOS 1 | ||||||||
| AMOS 2 | |||||||||
| 3.4°W | Meteosat 8 | ||||||||
| 1.0°W | Intelsat 10-02 | ||||||||
| 0.8°W | Thor 2 | ||||||||
| Thor 3 | |||||||||
[edit] 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 | Weather satellite | Inclined orbit | ||||||
| 3.0°E | Telecom 2A | ||||||||
| 4.0°E | Eurobird 4 | ||||||||
| 4.8°E | Sirius 2 | ||||||||
| Astra 1C | 0.9º inclined orbit | ||||||||
| 5.0°E | Sirius 3 | ||||||||
| 5.2°E | Astra 1A | ||||||||
| 6.0°E | Skynet 4F | Military communications | Inclined orbit | ||||||
| 7.0°E | Eutelsat W3A | ||||||||
| 9.0°E | Eurobird 9 | formerly Hot Bird 2 | |||||||
| 9.5°E | Meteosat 6 | Weather satellite | Inclined orbit | ||||||
| 10.0°E | Eutelsat W1 | ||||||||
| 12.5°E | Raduga 29 | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| 13.0°E | Hot Bird 6 | ||||||||
| Hot Bird 7A | |||||||||
| Hot Bird 8 | |||||||||
| 16.0°E | Eutelsat W2 | ||||||||
| 19.2°E | Astra 1E | ||||||||
| Astra 1F | |||||||||
| Astra 1G | |||||||||
| Astra 1H | |||||||||
| Astra 1KR | |||||||||
| Astra 1L | |||||||||
| 20.0°E | Arabsat 2A | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| 21.0°E | AfriStar | ||||||||
| 21.5°E | Eutelsat II F3 | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| Artemis | Inclined orbit. | ||||||||
| 23.5°E | Astra 1D | ||||||||
| Astra 3A | |||||||||
| 25.0°E | Inmarsat 3 F5 | ||||||||
| 25.5ºE | Eurobird 2 | ||||||||
| 25.8°E | Badr 2 | ||||||||
| 26.0°E | Badr 3 | ||||||||
| 26.2°E | Badr C | ||||||||
| 28.2°E | Astra 2A | ||||||||
| Astra 2B | |||||||||
| Astra 2C | |||||||||
| Astra 2D | |||||||||
| 28.5°E | Eurobird 1 | ||||||||
| 30.5°E | Arabsat 2B | ||||||||
| 31.5°E | Optus A3 | ||||||||
| 33.0°E | Eurobird 3 | ||||||||
| Intelsat 802 | |||||||||
| 36.0°E | Eutelsat Sesat | ||||||||
| Eutelsat W4 | |||||||||
| 38.0°E | PAKSAT | ||||||||
| 39.0°E | Hellas Sat 2 | ||||||||
| 42.0°E | TurkSat1C | ||||||||
| TurkSat2A | |||||||||
| 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—) | 2007-08-06 | |
| 45.0°E | Intelsat 12 | ||||||||
| 53.0°E | Express AM22 | ||||||||
| 56.0°E | Bonum 1 | ||||||||
| 68.5°E | PanAmSat 7 | ||||||||
| PanAmSat 10 | |||||||||
| 74.0°E | INSAT-3C | ||||||||
| KALPANA-1 | 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 | 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 | INSAT | DTH, VPT and DSNG communication | 12 Ku-band covering India | 2 September 2007, GSLV | 74.0°E (2007—) | 2007-10-27 | |||
| 78.5°E | Thaicom 3 | ||||||||
| 91.5°E | MEASAT-1 | ||||||||
| MEASAT-3 | |||||||||
| 148.0°E | MEASAT-2 | ||||||||
| 152.0°E | Optus B3 | BS601 | Optus/Commonwealth Bank | Comsat | 27 August 1994, Long March 2E | 152.0°E (1994-1995) 156.0°E (1995-2003) 152.0°E (2003—) |
2007-10-28 | ||
| Optus D2 | STAR-2 | Optus | Comsat | 5 October 2007, Ariane 5 | 152.0°E (2007—) | 2007-10-28 | |||
| 166.0°E | PanAmSat 8 | ||||||||
[edit] In transit |
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[edit] Historical |
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