Note: This table is being updated from various sources since the original from July 1996.

US Domestic Geostationary Satellites

Satellite Orbital
Location
° West
Frequency
Band
Launch
Date
Transponders/
Bandwidth
PanAmSat-2
(AKA PAS-4)
(USASAT-14G)
191 C and Ku Jul 94
USASAT-14K
(TRW)
188Ku
TDRS (Columbia)
F3 and F5
175
ACS-3K
(AMSC)
139 Ku
AURORA II
SATCOM C-5
139 C May 1991 24/36
SATCOM C-1 137 C Jul 1991 24/36
ORION-F4
(Orion Sat Corp)
135 Ku
SATCOM C-4 135 C Aug 1992 24 (17 Watt)
GALAXY I-R(S) 133 Feb 1994
SATCOM C-3 131 C Sep 1992 24 (17 watt)
TELSTAR 6129Ku
LORAL-1129Ku
GE-3127Ku
GSTAR II 125 Ku Mar 1986 16/54
GALAXY V-W 125 Mar 1992
GALAXY IX 123 C May 1996 24
SBS V 123 Ku Sep 1988 10/43
TELSTAR 303 120 KuJun 1985 24/36
EchoStar 1
EchoStar 2
121 DBS
Satellites
GSTAR IV 105 Ku Nov 1990 16/54
GSTAR I 103 Ku May 1985 16/54
SPACENET IV101Ku
AMSC-1 (MSS) 101 MSS May 1995
DBS-1 (Hughes)
DBS-2 (Hughes)
101 DBS Fall 1994
SATCOM SN-4 101 C and Ku Apr 1991 12/36 and 6/72
GALAXY IV(H) 99 C and Ku Aug 1993
TELSTAR 401 97 C Dec 1993 24/36
GALAXY III(H) 95 C Dec 1995
GALAXY VIII93
inclined
Ku
TELSTAR 5
Loral SkyNet
93
inclined
Ku Sep 1988 16/54
GSTAR III 93
inclined
Ku Sep 1988 16/54
GALAXY VII(H) 91 C and Ku Dec 1992
TELSTAR 402R 89 C Sep 1995
SPACENET III 87 C and Ku Mar 1988 12/36, 6/72
GE-4 87 Ku
TELSTAR 302 85 C Sep 1984 24/36
SATCOM K-1 85 Ku Jan 1986 16/54
Echostar FSS-1 83 Ku
SATCOM VI-R 82 C ANIK 12/91 24/36??
SATCOM K-2 81 Ku Nov 1985 16/54
TDRS CENTRAL 79 Ku
GE-5 79 Ku
LORAL 2 77 Ku
SBS IV 77
inclined
Ku Sep 1984 10/43
COMSTAR D4 76
inclined
C Feb 1981 24/36
SBS 6 74 Ku Oct 1990 10/43
GALAXY VI 74 C Oct 1990 24/
SATCOM II-R 72 C Sep 1983 24/36
SBS III 71
inclined
Ku Oct 1981 10/43
SATCOM SN2
(formerly Spacenet II)
69 C and Ku Nov 1984 12/36 and 6/72
TELSTAR 6 69 Ku
GE-3 67 Ku
MSAT-3
AMSC
62 Ku
ORION 2
(Orion Sat Corp)
47 Ku
PanAmSat-1 45
PanAmSat-3 43
TDRS - Columbia 41
ORION 1
(Orion Sat Corp)
37.5 Ku



SATELLITESORGANIZATION
AURORA Alascom, Inc.
COMSTAR, SBS II, III Comsat General
SATCOM and GSTAR I GE American Communications, Inc.
SBS IV, V Satellite Transponder Leasing Corp. (Hughes)
ASC, SPACENET and GSTAR III GE American Communications, Inc.
GALAXY, WESTAR and SBS-4, -5, -6 Hughes Communications Galaxy, Inc.
TELSTAR AT&T
DBS-1/DBS-2 at 101 DIRECTV, Inc.
AMSC-1 AMSC Subsidiary Corporation
PanAmSat PanAmSat Corporation


Corrections and omissions to me.