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 | Spacebus 3000 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 | ||
| 93.1°W | Galaxy-25 | FS-1300 | US | 24 May 1997, Proton-K | formerly Telstar 5 | 2008-11-20 | ||||
| 105.0°W | Galaxy-15 | Orbital Sciences Corporation Star-2 | US | Intelsat | Television/Radio Broadcasting, WAAS PRN #135 | 13 October 2005, Ariane 5G | 133.0°W | drifting to libration point since loss of stationkeeping on April 5, 2010 |
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