List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit

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This 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.

Note that some of these satellites are separated from each other by as little as 1/10 of a degree longitude. While that may seem like very little separation, and it is, at geosynchronous altitude (nearly 36,000 km), each degree of circumference is approximately 736 km, (457 mi).

[edit] Western Hemisphere
Location Satellite Satellite
bus		 Source Operator Type Coverage Launch date/rocket (GMT) All locations Remarks As of
148.0°W EchoStar-1 AS-7000 US 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 US 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 US SES Americom & AT&T Alascom Television and radio broadcasting 24 C band (Canada, Caribbean, mainland USA) 19 December 2000, Ariane 5G 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 US SES Americom Television and radio broadcasting Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico 14 September 2000, Ariane 5G Previously GE-7 for GE Americom 2007-05-01
135.0°W Americom-10 A2100A US Mainland USA, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico
133.0°W Galaxy-15 US
131.0°W Americom-11 A2100A US Mainland USA, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico
129.0°W Galaxy-27 US
EchoStar-5 FS-1300 US Echostar/DISH Network Direct Broadcasting 23 September 1999, Atlas IIAS
127.0°W Galaxy-13 US
Horizons-1 US
125.0°W Galaxy-14 US
Galaxy-12 US spare
123.0°W Galaxy-10R Boeing 601 US Intelsat Television and radio broadcasting North America 25 January 2000, Ariane 5 Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite
121.0°W Galaxy-23 FS-1300 US Intelsat Direct Broadcasting North America 7 August 2003, Zenit-3SL Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite; C-band payload referred to as Galaxy-23
EchoStar-9 FS-1300 Echostar/DISH Network Direct Broadcasting North America 7 August 2003, Zenit-3SL Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite; Ku/Ka-band payload referred to as EchoStar-9
119.0°W DirecTV-7S LS-1300 US DirecTV Direct Broadcasting 4 May 2004, Zenit-3SL
EchoStar-7 A2100AX US Echostar/DISH Network Direct Broadcasting 21 February 2002, Atlas IIIB
Americom-16 A2100AXS US
118.8°W Anik F3 Eurostar-3000 Canada Telesat Canada Direct Broadcasting 9 April 2007, Proton Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite
116.8°W SatMex-5 Mexico
115.0°W XM-Blues US
Solidaridad-2 Mexico
113.0°W Satmex-6 Mexico
111.1°W Anik F2 Boeing 702 Canada Telesat Canada Direct Broadcasting 17 July 2004, Ariane 5G Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite
110.4°W EchoStar-6 FS-1300 US Echostar/DISH Network Direct Broadcasting 14 July 2000, Atlas IIAS spare
110.0°W EchoStar-8 FS-1300 US Echostar/DISH Network Direct Broadcasting 21 August 2002, Proton
EchoStar-10 A2100AXS US Echostar/DISH Network Direct Broadcasting 15 February 2006, Zenit-3SL
DirecTV-5 LS-1300 US DirecTV Direct Broadcasting 7 May 2002, Proton 32 Ku-band transponders
107.3°W Anik F1 Boeing 702 Canada Telesat Canada Direct Broadcasting 21 November 2000, Ariane 44L Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite; will be replaced by Anik F1R
Anik F1R Eurostar-3000 Canada Telesat Canada Direct Broadcasting 8 September 2005, Proton Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite; will replace Anik F1
105.0°W Americom-18 A2100A US SES Americom Direct Broadcasting Mainland USA, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico 8 December 2006, Ariane 5
Americom-15 A2100AXS US SES Americom Direct Broadcasting CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii 15 October 2004, ProtonM Hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite; twin of Americom-16
103.0°W Americom-1 A2100A US SES Americom Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean 8 September 1996, Atlas IIA Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite
102.8°W SPACEWAY-1 Boeing 702 US DirecTV Direct Broadcasting 26 April 2005, Zenit-3SL
101.2°W DirecTV-4S Boeing 601 US DirecTV Direct Broadcasting 27 November 2001, Ariane 44LP 48 Ku-band transponders
101.1°W DirecTV-9S LS-1300 US DirecTV Direct Broadcasting 13 October 2006, Ariane 5ECA
101.0°W Americom-4 A2100AX US SES Americom Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America 13 November 1999, Ariane 44LP Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite
100.8°W DirecTV-8 LS-1300 US DirecTV Direct Broadcasting 22 May 2005, Proton Hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite
99.2°W SPACEWAY-2 US
99.0°W Galaxy-16 FS-1300 Intelsat 18 June 2006, Zenit-3SL
97.0°W Galaxy-25 US
95.0°W Galaxy-3C US
93.0°W Galaxy-26 US
91.0°W Nimiq 1 A2100AX Canada Telesat Canada Direct Broadcasting 20 May 1999, Proton 32 Ku-band transponders
Galaxy-11 US
89.0°W Galaxy-28 FS-1300 ITSO Intelsat The Americas 23 June 2005, Zenit-3SL Hybrid C/Ku/Ka-band satellite; launched as Intelsat Americas-8
87.0°W Americom-3 A2100A US SES Americom Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean 4 September 1997, Atlas IIA Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite
85.0°W XM-Rhythm Boeing 702 US XM Satellie Radio Holdings Radio Broadcasting CONUS 28 February 2005, Zenit-3SL
Americom-2 A2100A US SES Americom Direct Broadcasting Mainland USA, Canada, Mexico 30 January 1997, Ariane 44L
Americom-16 A2100AXS US SES Americom Direct Broadcasting CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii 17 December 2004, Atlas V Hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite; twin of Americom-15
84.0°W Brasilsat-B3 Brazil
83.0°W Americom-9 3000B3 US SES Americom Direct Broadcasting CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean 7 June 2003, Proton Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite
82.0°W Nimiq 2 A2100AX Canada Telesat Canada Direct Broadcasting 29 December 2002, Proton Hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite
Nimiq 3 HS-601 Telesat Canada Direct Broadcasting 9 June 1995, Ariane 42P Previously DirecTV-3 for DirecTV
79.0°W Americom-5 Spacebus-2000 US SES Americom CONUS, Canada, Mexico 28 October 1998, Ariane 44L
Satcom C3 US 10 September 1992, Ariane 44LP Inclined orbit
77.0°W EchoStar-4 A2100AX US Echostar/DISH Network Direct Broadcasting 8 May 1998, Proton spare
76.8°W Galaxy-4R US Inclined orbit
75.0°W Brasilsat-B1 Brazil
74.9°W Galaxy-9 US spare
74.0°W SBS-6 US
72.5°W Directv-1R US
72.0°W Americom-6 A2100AX US SES Americom CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America 22 October 2000, ProtonDM Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite; a portion of the Ku-band payload is dedicated to South America
71.0°W Nahuel-1A Argentina
70.0°W Brasilsat-B4 Brazil
65.0°W Brasilsat-B2 Brazil
63.0°W Estrela do Sul 1 Brazil
61.5°W EchoStar-12 A2100AXS US Formerly Rainbow-1, purchased from VOOM
EchoStar-3 A2100AX US Echostar/DISH Network Direct Broadcasting 5 October 1997, Atlas IIAS
61.0ºW Hispasat Amazonas Spain
58.0°W Intelsat-9 US formerly PAS-9
55.5°W Intelsat-805 ITSO
53.0°W Intelsat-707 ITSO
50.0°W Intelsat-705 ITSO
45.0°W Intelsat-1R US formerly PAS-1R
43.1°W Intelsat-3R US formerly PAS-3R
43.0°W Intelsat-6B formerly PAS-6B
40.5°W NSS-806 Netherlands
37.5°W NSS-10
Telstar-11 US Inclined orbit
34.5°W Intelsat-903 ITSO
31.5°W Intelsat-801 ITSO
30.0ºW Hispasat-1C Spain
Hispasat-1D Spain
27.5°W Intelsat-907 ITSO
24.5°W Intelsat-905 ITSO
24.0°W Cosmos 2379 Russia Inclined orbit
22.0°W NSS-7 Netherlands
20.0°W Intelsat-603 ITSO Inclined orbit
18.0°W Intelsat-901 ITSO
15.5°W Inmarsat 3 f2 IMSO
15.0°W Telstar 12 US
14.0°W Gorizont 32 Russia Inclined orbit
Express-A4 Russia
12.5°W Atlantic Bird 1 EUMETSAT
11.0°W Express-A3 Russia
8.0°W Atlantic Bird 2 Eutelsat
Telecom 2D France Inclined orbit
7.0°W Nilesat 101 Egypt
Nilesat 102 Egypt
Nilesat 103 Egypt
Atlantic Bird 4 Eutelsat
5.0°W Atlantic Bird 3 Eutelsat
4.0°W AMOS 1 Israel
AMOS 2 Israel
3.4°W Meteosat 8
1.0°W Intelsat 10-02 ITSO
0.8°W Thor 2 Norway
Thor 3 Norway

[edit] Eastern Hemisphere
Location Satellite Satellite
bus		 Source Operator Type Coverage Launch date/rocket (GMT) All locations Remarks As of
0.5°E Meteosat 7 ESA Weather satellite Inclined orbit
3.0°E Telecom 2A
4.0°E Eurobird 4 Eutelsat
4.8°E Sirius 4 A2100AX Sweden SES Sirius Comsat 52 Ku-band covering Europe
2 Ka-band covering Scandinavia		 17 November 2007
Proton-M		 2007-11-18
Astra 1C Luxemburg 0.9º inclined orbit
5.0°E Sirius 3 Sweden
5.2°E Astra 1A
6.0°E Skynet 4F Military communications Inclined orbit
7.0°E Eutelsat W3A Eutelsat
9.0°E Eurobird 9 Eutelsat formerly Hot Bird 2
9.5°E Meteosat 6 ESA Weather satellite Inclined orbit
10.0°E Eutelsat W1 Eutelsat
12.5°E Raduga 29 Russia Inclined orbit
13.0°E Hot Bird 6 Eutelsat
Hot Bird 7A Eutelsat
Hot Bird 8 Eutelsat
16.0°E Eutelsat W2 Eutelsat
19.2°E Astra 1E Luxemburg
Astra 1F Luxemburg
Astra 1G Luxemburg
Astra 1H Luxemburg
Astra 1KR Luxemburg
Astra 1L Luxemburg
20.0°E Arabsat 2A Inclined orbit
21.0°E AfriStar US
21.5°E Eutelsat W6
Artemis ESA Inclined orbit.
23.5°E Astra 3A Luxemburg
25.0°E Inmarsat 3 F5 IMSO
25.5ºE Eurobird 2 Eutelsat
25.8°E Badr 2
26.0°E Badr 3
26.2°E Badr C
28.2°E Astra 2A Luxemburg
Astra 2B Luxemburg
Astra 2C Luxemburg
Astra 2D Luxemburg
28.5°E Eurobird 1 Eutelsat
30.5°E Arabsat 2B Arabsat
31.3°E Astra 1D HS-601 Luxemburg 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—)		 2007-11-14
31.5°E Sirius 2 Sweden
33.0°E Eurobird 3 Eutelsat
Intelsat 802 ITSO
36.0°E Eutelsat Sesat 1 Eutelsat
Eutelsat W4 Eutelsat
38.0°E Paksat 1
39.0°E Hellas Sat 2 Greece
42.0°E Turksat 1C Turkey Turksat Comsat 16 Ku-band 42°E
Turksat 2A Turkey Turksat Comsat 34 Ku-band 42°E
42.5°E NigComSat-1 DFH-4 Nigeria 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 ESA
53.0°E Express AM22 Russia
56.0°E Bonum 1 Russia
68.5°E Intelsat 7 ESA
Intelsat 10 US
74.0°E INSAT-3C India
KALPANA-1 India 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 India INSAT DTH, VPT and DSNG communication 12 Ku-band covering India 2 September 2007, GSLV 74.0°E (2007—) 2007-10-27
79.0°E Esafi 1 HS-351 Tongasat Comsat 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
MEASAT-3 Malaysia
148.0°E MEASAT-2 Malaysia
152.0°E Optus B3 BS601 Australia 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 Australia Optus Comsat 5 October 2007, Ariane 5 152.0°E (2007—) 2007-10-28
166.0°E Intelsat 8 US

[edit] In transit
En route to Satellite Satellite
bus		 Source Operator Type Coverage Launch date/rocket (GMT) Previous locations Remarks As of
65.0°W Star One C1 SB3000/B3 Brazil Star One Broadcast comsat 28 C-band
14 Ku-band
1 X-band, covering South America		 14 November 2007
Ariane 5-ECA		 2007-11-14
53.0°E Skynet 5B E3000 UK Ministry of Defence/Paradigm Military comsat 14 November 2007
Ariane 5-ECA		 2007-11-14
5.0°E Sirius 4 A2100AX Sweden SES Sirius Comsat 52 Ku-band covering Europe
2 Ka-band covering Scandinavia		 17 November 2007
Proton-M		 2007-11-18

[edit] Historical
Date of disposal Satellite Satellite
bus		 Source Operator Type Coverage Launch date/rocket (GMT) Locations Remarks As of
2006-10-01
20:37 GMT		 Thaicom 3 SpaceBus 3000A Thailand Shin Satellite Comsat Middle East and South Asia 16 April 1997
Ariane 4 (44LP)		 78.5°E Retired after power system failure 2008-01-01[1]
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  1. ^ Sat ND | Failures - Thaicom 3
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