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Below are checklists of Communications satellites, including launch dates and images of the satellites. This is a work in progress, and completeness is our goal. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Communications satellites are often referred to as “comsats”, but the authors in general do not use this terminology.
Unlike most of our web pages, no attempt is made to be complete for the satellite series accompanied by “selected” on this page.
1There is disagreement among various sources on whether this should be called Telstar-3D or Telstar-3B!
| Satellite |
Launch Date |
Images |
| reference |
launch covers |
other postal items |
| Eutelsat-1-F1 / ECS-1 |
1983-06-16 |
Eutelsat-1 |
Eutelsat / ECS |
Eutelsat / ECS |
| Eutelsat-1-F2 / ECS-2 |
1984-08-04 |
| Eutelsat-1-F3 / ECS-3 [failed] |
1985-09-12 |
| Eutelsat-1-F4 / ECS-4 |
1987-09-16 |
| Eutelsat-1-F5 / ECS-5 |
1988-07-21 |
| Eutelsat-2-F1 |
1990-08-30 |
Eutelsat-2
Eutelsat-2 |
| Eutelsat-2-F2 |
1991-01-16 |
| Eutelsat-2-F3 |
1991-12-07 |
| Eutelsat-2-F4 |
1992-07-10 |
| Eutelsat-2-F5 |
1994-01-24 |
| Eutelsat-W2 |
1998-10-05 |
Eutelsat-W2 |
| Eutelsat-16C / SESAT |
2000-04-17 |
SESAT |
| Eutelsat-W1 |
2000-09-06 |
Eutelsat-W1R |
| Eutelsat-12-West-A / Atlantic Bird-1 |
2002-08-28 |
| Eutelsat-12-West-B / Atlantic Bird-2 |
2001-09-25 |
| Eutelsat-5-West-A / formerly Stellat-5 / formerly Atlantic Bird-3 |
2002-07-05 |
Stellat-5 |
| Eutelsat-7-West-A / Nilesat-104 / formerly Atlantic Bird-7 |
2011-09-24 |
| eBird-1 / Eurobird-3 / Eutelsat-33A/31A |
2003-09-27 |
eBird-1 |
| Eutelsat-W3A / Eutelsat-7A |
2004-03-15 |
Eutelsat-W3A |
| Eutelsat-W2M |
2008-12-20 |
Eutelsat-W2M |
| Eutelsat-W3B [partial failure] |
2010-10-28 |
Eutelsat-W3B |
| Eutelsat-25B / Es’hail-1 |
2013-08-29 |
Eutelsat-25B |
| Eutelsat-115-West-A / SatMex-5 (Morelos-3) |
1998-12-06 |
SatMex-5 |
| Eutelsat-113-West-A / SatMex-6 (Morelos-4) |
2006-05-27 |
SatMex-6 |
| Eutelsat-115-West-B / formerly SatMex-7 |
2015-03-02 |
SatMex-7 |
| Eutelsat-117-West-A / formerly SatMex-8 |
2013-03-26 |
SatMex-8 |
| Eutelsat-117-West-B / formerly SatMex-9 |
2016-06-15 |
SatMex-9 |
| Eutelsat-8-West-B |
2015-08-20 |
Eutelsat-8-West-B |
| Eutelsat-9B / EDRS-A |
2016-01-29 |
Eutelsat-9B |
| Eutelsat-65-West-A |
2016-03-09 |
Eutelsat-65-West-A |
| Eutelsat-172B |
2017-06-01 |
Eutelsat-172B |
| Eutelsat-7C |
2019-06-20 |
Eutelsat-7C |
| Satellite |
Launch Date |
Images |
| reference |
launch covers |
other postal items |
| Panamsat-1 |
1988-06-15 |
Panamsat-1 |
Panamsat / PAS |
Panamsat / PAS |
| Panamsat-2 / Intelsat-2 (new series?) |
1994-07-08 |
Panamsat-2/3/3R/4 type |
| Panamsat-3 [failed] |
1994-12-01 |
| Panamsat-4 / Intelsat-4 (new series?) |
1995-08-03 |
| Panamsat-3R / Intelsat-3R (new series?) |
1996-01-12 |
| Panamsat-6 |
1997-08-07 |
Panamsat-6/7/8 type |
| Panamsat-5 / Arabsat-2C / now Intelsat-5 (new series?) |
1997-08-28 |
Panamsat-5 |
| Panamsat-22 / AsiaSat-3 / HGS-1 |
1997-12-24 |
|
| Panamsat-7 / Intelsat-7 (new series?) |
1998-09-16 |
Panamsat-6/7/8 type
Panamsat-7
Panamsat-8 |
| Panamsat-8 / Intelsat-8 (new series?) |
1998-11-04 |
| Panamsat-6B / Intelsat-6B (new series?) |
1998-12-22 |
Panamsat-6B |
| Panamsat-9 / Intelsat-9 (new series?) |
2000-07-28 |
Panamsat-9 |
| Panamsat-1R / Intelsat-1R (new series?) |
2000-11-16 |
Panamsat-1R |
| Panamsat-10 / Intelsat-10 (new series?) |
2001-05-15 |
|
| Panamsat-11 / now Intelsat-11 |
2007-10-05 |
Panamsat-11 |
Intelsat-5+7 and later series |
Intelsat-5+7 and later series |
| Panamsat-12 / now Intelsat-12 / formerly EuropeStar-1 |
2000-10-29 |
EuropeStar-1 |
| Panamsat-11R / now Intelsat-16 |
2010-02-12 |
Intelsat-16 |
| Satellite |
Launch Date |
Images |
| reference |
launch covers |
other postal items |
| Strela-1 #1 / Kosmos-38 |
1964-08-18 |
Kosmos-38 (Strela-1) |
| Strela-1 #2 / Kosmos-39 |
| Strela-1 #3 / Kosmos-40 |
| Strela-1 #4 / Kosmos-42 |
1964-08-22 |
| Strela-1 #5 / Kosmos-43 |
| Strela-1 #6 / Kosmos-(49) [failed] |
1964-10-23 |
| Strela-1 #7 / Kosmos-(50) [failed] |
| Strela-1 #8 / Kosmos-(51) [failed] |
| Strela-1 #9 / Kosmos-54 |
1965-02-21 |
| Strela-1 #10 / Kosmos-55 |
| Strela-1 #11 / Kosmos-56 |
| Strela-1 #12 / Kosmos-61 |
1965-03-15 |
| Strela-1 #13 / Kosmos-62 |
| Strela-1 #14 / Kosmos-63 |
| Strela-1 #15 / Kosmos-71 |
1965-07-16 |
| Strela-1 #16 / Kosmos-72 |
| Strela-1 #17 / Kosmos-73 |
| Strela-1 #18 / Kosmos-74 |
| Strela-1 #19 / Kosmos-75 |
| Strela-1 #20 / Kosmos-80 |
1965-09-03 |
| Strela-1 #21 / Kosmos-81 |
| Strela-1 #22 / Kosmos-82 |
| Strela-1 #23 / Kosmos-83 |
| Strela-1 #24 / Kosmos-84 |
| Strela-1 #25 / Kosmos-86 |
1965-09-18 |
| Strela-1 #26 / Kosmos-87 |
| Strela-1 #27 / Kosmos-88 |
| Strela-1 #28 / Kosmos-89 |
| Strela-1 #29 / Kosmos-90 |
| Strela-1M (series) |
1970-04-25 — 1992-06-03 |
Strela-1M |
|
“Strela-M1” (Strela-1M) |
| Strela-3 #137 / Kosmos-2437 |
2008-05-23 |
|
|
“Strela-3” |
| Strela-3 #138 / Kosmos-2438 |
| Strela-3 #139 / Kosmos-2439 |
| Strela-3 #140 / Kosmos-2451 |
2009-07-06 |
| Strela-3 #141 / Kosmos-2453 |
| Strela-3 #142 / Kosmos-2467 |
2010-09-08 |
| Strela-3 #143 / Kosmos-2481 |
2012-05-17 |
| Strela-3M #4 / Rodnik-S #4 / Kosmos-2482 |
2012-05-17 |
| Strela-3M #5 / Rodnik-S #5 / Kosmos-2483 |
| Strela-3M #6 / Rodnik-S #6 / Kosmos-2484 |
| Satellite |
Launch Date |
Images |
| reference |
launch covers |
other postal items |
| Koreasat-1 / Mugungwha-1 [failed] |
1995-08-05 |
Koreasat-1
Koreasat-1 (launch) |
Koreasat / Mugungwha |
Koreasat / Mugungwha |
| Koreasat-2 / Mugungwha-2 |
1996-01-14 |
| Koreasat-3 / Mugungwha-3 |
1999-09-04 |
Koreasat-3 |
| Koreasat-4 / Mugungwha-4 |
? |
|
| Koreasat-5 / Mugungwha-5 |
2006-08-22 |
Koreasat-5 |
| Koreasat-5A / Mugungwha-5A |
2017-10-30 |
Koreasat-5A
Koreasat-5A (patch) |
| Koreasat-6 / Olleh-1 |
2010-12-29 |
Koreasat-6 |
| Koreasat-7 / Mugungwha-7 |
2017-05-04 |
Koreasat-7 |
| Koreasat-8 / Mugungwha-8 / ABS-2 / ST-2 |
2014-02-06 |
Koreasat-8 |
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