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 | 2 September 1997, Ariane 44LP | Inclined orbit | |||||
| 3.0°E | Telecom 2A | 16 December 1991, Ariane 44L | ||||||||
| 4.0°E | Eurobird 4 | Eutelsat | 2 September 1997, Ariane 44LP | |||||||
| 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 | Luxembourg | 12 May 1993, Ariane 42L | 0.9° inclined orbit | |||||||
| 5.0°E | Sirius 3 | Sweden | 5 October 1998, Ariane 44L | |||||||
| 5.2°E | Astra 1A | GE 4000 | 11 December 1988, Ariane 44LP | |||||||
| 6.0°E | Skynet 4F | Military communications | 7 February 2001, Ariane 44L | Inclined orbit | ||||||
| 7.0°E | Eutelsat W3A | Eutelsat | 15 March 2004, Proton-M | |||||||
| 9.0°E | Eurobird 9 | Eutelsat | 21 November 1996, Atlas II-A | formerly Hot Bird 2 | ||||||
| 9.5°E | Meteosat 6 | ESA | Weather satellite | 20 November 1993, Ariane 44LP | Inclined orbit | |||||
| 10.0°E | Eutelsat W1 | Eutelsat | 6 September 2000, Ariane 44P | |||||||
| 12.5°E | Raduga 29 | Russia | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| 13.0°E | Hot Bird 6 | Eutelsat | 21 August 2002, Atlas V-401 | |||||||
| Hot Bird 7A | Eutelsat | 11 March 2006, Ariane 5 ECA | ||||||||
| Hot Bird 8 | Eutelsat | 4 August 2006, Proton | ||||||||
| 16.0°E | Eutelsat W2 | Eutelsat | 5 October 1998, Ariane 44L | |||||||
| 19.2°E | Astra 1E | Luxembourg | 19 October 1995, Ariane 42L | |||||||
| Astra 1F | Luxembourg | 8 April 1996, Proton-K | ||||||||
| Astra 1G | Luxembourg | 12 November 1997, Proton-K | ||||||||
| Astra 1H | Luxembourg | 18 June 1999, Proton-K | ||||||||
| Astra 1KR | Luxembourg | 20 April 2006, Atlas V (411) | ||||||||
| Astra 1L | Luxembourg | 4 May 2007, Ariane 5 ECA | ||||||||
| 20.0°E | Arabsat 2A | 9 July 1996, Ariane 44L | Inclined orbit | |||||||
| 21.0°E | AfriStar | US | 28 October 1998, Ariane 44L | |||||||
| 21.5°E | Eutelsat W6 | |||||||||
| Artemis | ESA | EGNOS PRN #124 | 12 July 2001, Ariane 5G | Inclined orbit. | ||||||
| 23.5°E | Astra 3A | Luxembourg | 29 March 2002, Ariane 44L | |||||||
| 25.0°E | Inmarsat 3 F5 | IMSO | EGNOS PRN #126 | 4 February 1998, Ariane 44LP | ||||||
| 25.5°E | Eurobird 2 | Eutelsat | ||||||||
| 25.8°E | Badr 2 | |||||||||
| 26.0°E | Badr 3 | |||||||||
| 26.2°E | Badr C | |||||||||
| 28.2°E | Astra 2A | HS-601HP | Luxembourg | |||||||
| Astra 2B | Luxembourg | 14 September 2000, Ariane 5G | ||||||||
| Astra 2C | Luxembourg | 16 June 2001, Proton-K | ||||||||
| Astra 2D | Luxembourg | 20 December 2000, Ariane 5G | ||||||||
| 28.5°E | Eurobird 1 | Spacebus 3000 | Eutelsat | 8 March 2001, Ariane 5G | ||||||
| 30.5°E | Arabsat 2B | Arabsat | 13 November 1996, Ariane 44L | |||||||
| 31.3°E | Astra 1D | HS-601 | Luxembourg | SES | 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 | 27 September 2003, Ariane 5G | |||||||
| Intelsat 802 | LM-3000 | ITSO | 25 June 1997, Ariane 44P | |||||||
| 36.0°E | Eutelsat Sesat 1 | Eutelsat | 17 April 2000, Proton-K | |||||||
| Eutelsat W4 | Eutelsat | 24 May 2000, Atlas IIIA | ||||||||
| 38.0°E | Paksat 1 | Pakistan | ||||||||
| 39.0°E | Hellas Sat 2 | Greece | 13 May 2003, Atlas V (401) | |||||||
| 40.0°E | Express AM1 | Russia | Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) | 29 October 2004, Proton-M | ||||||
| 42.0°E | Turksat 1C | Turkey | Turksat | Comsat | 16 Ku band | 9 July 1996, Ariane 44L | 42°E | |||
| Turksat 2A | Turkey | Turksat | Comsat | 34 Ku band | 10 January 2001, Ariane 44P | 42°E | ||||
| 45.0°E | Intelsat 12 | ESA | ||||||||
| 49.0°E | Yamal 202 | Russia | Gazprom Space Systems (subsidiary of Gazprom) | 24 November 2003, Proton-K | ||||||
| 53.0°E | Express AM22 | Russia | Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik)/Eutelsat | 28 December 2003, Proton-K | ||||||
| 56.0°E | Bonum 1 | Russia | 22 November 1998, Delta II (7925-9.5) | |||||||
| 68.5°E | Intelsat 7 | FS-1300 | ESA | 16 September 1998, Ariane 44LP | ||||||
| Intelsat 10 | HS-601HP | US | 15 May 2001, Proton-K | |||||||
| 74.0°E | INSAT-3C | India | 23 January 2002, Ariane 42L | |||||||
| 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 | India | 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 | |||
| 75.0°E | ABS 1 | Lockheed Martin Intersputnik | 26 September 1999, Proton-K | |||||||
| 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 | ||
| 80.0°E | Express AM2 | Russia | Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) | 29 March 2005, Proton-K | ||||||
| 90.0°E | Yamal 101 | Russia | Gazprom Space Systems (subsidiary of Gazprom) | 6 September 1999, Proton-K | ||||||
| Yamal 201 | Russia | Gazprom Space Systems (subsidiary of Gazprom) | 24 November 2003, Proton-K | |||||||
| 91.5°E | MEASAT-1 | 12 January 1996, Ariane 44L | ||||||||
| MEASAT-3 | Malaysia | 11 December 2006, Proton-M | ||||||||
| 96.0°E | Express AM33 | Russia | Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) | 28 January 2008, Proton-M | ||||||
| 140.0°E | Express AM3 | Russia | Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) | 24 June 2005, Proton-K | ||||||
| 146.0°E | Agila 2 | Philippines | Space Systems/Loral | Comsat, TV and Radio Broadcasting | Southeast Asia | 19 August 1997, Long March 3B | ||||
| 148.0°E | MEASAT-2 | Malaysia | 13 November 1996, Ariane 44L | |||||||
| 152.0°E | Optus B3 | HS-601 | 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 5GS | 152.0°E (2007—) | 2007-10-28 | |||
| 166.0°E | Intelsat 8 | FS-1300 | US | 4 November 1998, Proton-K |
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