Communications satellites

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 or groups accompanied by "selected" on this page.

Satellite series covered:

US Echo-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Shotput-1 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket	1959-10-28	Shotput	Echo	Echo
Shotput-2 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket	1960-01-16
Shotput-3 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket	1960-02-27
Shotput-4 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket	1960-04-01
Echo-1 [failed]	1960-05-13	Echo Echo Echo-1
Shotput-5 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket	1960-05-31	Shotput
Echo-1A	1960-08-12	Echo-1
Big Shot-1 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket [failed]	1962-01-15
Big Shot-2 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket	1962-07-18
Echo-2 (Echo-C)	1964-01-25	Echo-2

US Courier-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Courier-1A [failed]	1960-08-18	Courier-1A	Courier	Courier
Courier-1B	1960-10-04	Courier-1B

US Telstar-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Telstar-1	1962-07-10	"Telstar-1" Telstar-1/2 type Telstar-1/2 type Telstar-1/2 type Telstar-1/2 type Telstar-1/2 type Telstar-1/2 type Telstar-1/2 type	Telstar	Telstar
Telstar-2	1963-05-07
Telstar-301 / Telstar-3A / Arabsat-1E	1983-07-28	Telstar-301 Telstar-3 Telstar-3
Telstar-302 / Telstar-3C [STS-41D/Discovery-deployed]	1984-08-30
Telstar-303 / Telstar-3D1 [STS-51G/Discovery-deployed]	1985-06-17
Telstar-401	1993-12-16	Telstar-401
Telstar-402	1994-09-09
Telstar-402R / Telstar-4	1995-09-23
Telstar-5 / Intelsat Americas-5 / Galaxy-25	1997-05-24	Telstar-5/6/7 type
Telstar-6 / Intelsat Americas-6 / Galaxy-26	1999-02-15
Telstar-7 / Intelsat Americas-7 / Galaxy-27	1999-09-25
Telstar-8 / Intelsat Americas-8 / Galaxy-28	2005-06-23	Telstar-8
Telstar-9	Canceled
Telstar-10 / APStar-2R	1997-10-17	Telstar-10
Telstar-11 / Orion-1	1994-11-29	Telstar-11
Telstar-12 / Orion-2	1999-10-19	Telstar-12
Telstar-13 / Intelsat Americas-13 / Galaxy-23 / EchoStar-9	2003-08-08	Telstar-13
Telstar-14 / Estrela do Sul-1	2004-01-11	Telstar-14
Telstar-18 / APStar-5	2004-06-29	Telstar-18
Telstar-11N	2009-02-26	Telstar-11N
Telstar-14R / Estrela do Sul-2	2011-05-20	Telstar-14R
Telstar-18V / APStar-5C	2018-09-10	Telstar-18V

¹There is disagreement among various sources on whether this should be called Telstar-3D or Telstar-3B! See Boeing's Telstar-3 - AT&T's Advanced New Communications Satellite.

US Relay-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Relay-1	1962-12-13	Relay-1	Relay	Relay
Relay-2	1964-01-21

US SYNchronous COMmunications satellite (Syncom) / LEAsed SATellite (Leasat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Syncom-1	1963-02-14	Syncom-1/2/3 type Syncom-1/2/3 type Syncom-1/2/3 type Syncom-1/2/3 type	Syncom	Syncom
Syncom-2	1963-07-26
Syncom-3	1964-08-19
Syncom-4-2 / Leasat-F1 [STS-41D/Discovery-deployed]	1984-08-30	Leasat Leasat (patch) Leasat (pin)
Syncom-4-1 / Leasat-F2 [STS-51A/Discovery-deployed]	1984-11-08
Syncom-4-3 / Leasat-F3 [STS-51D/Discovery-deployed]	1985-04-12
Syncom-4-3 / Leasat-F3 [STS-51I/Discovery-repaired]	1985-08-29	Syncom-4-3 (deploy from STS-51I)
Syncom-4-4 / Leasat-F4 [STS-51I/Discovery-deployed]	1985-08-29
Syncom-4-5 / Leasat-F5 [STS-32R/Columbia-deployed]	1990-01-09

US WEstern union STAR (Westar) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Westar-1 (Westar-A)	1974-04-13	Westar-1 Westar	Westar	Westar
Westar-2 (Westar-B)	1974-10-10
Westar-3 (Westar-C)	1979-08-10
Westar-4	1982-02-26	Westar-4
Westar-5	1982-06-09
Westar-6 [STS-41B/Challenger-deployed]	1984-02-03	Westar-6 (being deployed)
Westar-6 [STS-51A/Discovery-recovered] / now AsiaSat-1	1984-11-08	Westar-6 (capture by STS-51A)

US Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
TDRS-1 (TDRS-A) [STS-6/Challenger-deployed, partial failure]	1983-04-04	TDRS-1 (STS-6/Challenger-deployment) TDRS-1 TDRS-1 (patch, with STS-6/Challenger)	TDRS	TDRS
TDRS-2 (TDRS-B) [STS-51L/Challenger, failed]	1986-01-28	TDRS-2 (patch)
TDRS-3 (TDRS-C) [STS-26R/Discovery-deployed]	1988-09-29
TDRS-4 (TDRS-D) [STS-29R/Discovery-deployed]	1989-03-13
TDRS-5 (TDRS-E) [STS-43/Atlantis-deployed]	1991-08-02	TDRS-5 (deploy from STS-43) TDRS-5 (deploy from STS-43)
TDRS-6 (TDRS-F) [STS-54/Endeavour-deployed]	1993-01-13
TDRS-7 (TDRS-G) [STS-70/Discovery-deployed]	1995-07-13	TDRS-7
TDRS-8 (TDRS-H)	2000-06-30	TDRS-8
TDRS-9 (TDRS-I)	2002-03-08
TDRS-10 (TDRS-J)	2002-12-05
TDRS-11 (TDRS-K)	2013-01-30	TDRS-11
TDRS-12 (TDRS-L)	2014-01-24
TDRS-13 (TDRS-M)	2017-08-18

INternational TELecommunications SATellite consortium (Intelsat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Intelsat-1 / Early Bird	1965-04-06	Intelsat-1 Intelsat-1 Intelsat-1+2+3+4+4A	Early Bird (Intelsat-1)	Early Bird (Intelsat-1) (and Bird-named Intelsat-2s, and Intelsat-2-4)
Intelsat-2-1 / Blue Bird / Atlantic-1 [partial failure]	1966-10-26	Intelsat-2 Intelsat-2	Blue Bird (Intelsat-2-1)
Intelsat-2-2 / Lani Bird / Pacific-1	1967-01-11		Lani Bird (Intelsat-2-2)
Intelsat-2-3 / Canary Bird / Atlantic-2	1967-03-23		Canary Bird (Intelsat-2-3)
Intelsat-2-4 / Pacific-2	1967-09-28		Intelsat-2-4
Intelsat-3 series (1 — 8)	1968-09-19 — 1970-07-23	Intelsat-3	Intelsat-3 series	Intelsat-3+4+4A+6 series
Intelsat-4 series (1 — 8)	1971-01-25 — 1975-05-22	Intelsat-4 Intelsat-4-4 Intelsat-4-8	Intelsat-4 series
Intelsat-4A series (1 — 6)	1975-09-26 — 1978-03-31	Intelsat-4A Intelsat-4A	Intelsat-4A series
Intelsat-5 series (1 — 9)	1980-12-06 — 1984-06-09	Intelsat-5	Intelsat-5 series	Intelsat-5+7 and later series
Intelsat-5A series (10 — 15)	1985-03-23 — 1989-01-27	Intelsat-5A	Intelsat-5A series
Intelsat-6-1	1991-10-29	Intelsat-6	Intelsat-6 series	Intelsat-3+4+4A+6 series
Intelsat-6-2	1989-10-27
Intelsat-6-3 [rocket-launched]	1990-03-14
Intelsat-6-3 [STS-49/Endeavour-repaired and re-deployed]	1992-05-07
Intelsat-6-4	1990-06-23
Intelsat-6-5	1991-08-14
Intelsat-K / now NSS-K	1992-06-10	Intelsat-K		Intelsat-5+7 and later series
Intelsat-7 series (1 — 5, and 9)	1993-10-22 — 1996-06-15	Intelsat-7 Intelsat-7 (patch)	Intelsat-7 series
Intelsat-7A series (6 — 8)	1995-05-17 — 1996-02-14	Intelsat-7A	Intelsat-7A series
Intelsat-24 / AMOS-1	1996-05-16	AMOS-1	AMOS-1	AMOS
Intelsat-8 series (1 — 4)	1997-03-01 — 1997-12-22	Intelsat-8	Intelsat-5+7 and later series	Intelsat-5+7 and later series
Intelsat Americas series (5 — 9, 13)	1997-05-24 — 2008-09-24
Intelsat-8A series (5 — 6)	1998-06-18 — 1998-02-27	Intelsat-8A
Intelsat-APR-2 / Insat-2E	1999-04-03	Insat-2E	Insat [complete]	Insat [complete]
Intelsat-9 series (1 — 7)	2001-06-09 — 2003-02-15	Intelsat-9 Intelsat-906 (launch)	Intelsat-5+7 and later series	Intelsat-5+7 and later series
Intelsat-10-01	Canceled
Intelsat-10-02	2004-06-16	Intelsat-10-2
Intelsat-11 / formerly Panamsat-11	2007-10-05	Panamsat-11
Intelsat-12 / formerly Panamsat-12 / formerly EuropeStar-1	2000-10-29	EuropeStar-1
Intelsat-15	2009-11-30	Intelsat-15
Intelsat-16 / formerly Panamsat-11R	2010-02-12	Intelsat-16
Intelsat-17	2010-11-26	Intelsat-17
Intelsat-28 / New Dawn	2011-04-22	New Dawn
Intelsat-20	2012-08-02	Intelsat-20
Intelsat-21	2012-08-19	Intelsat-21
Intelsat-23	2012-10-14	Intelsat-23
Intelsat-25 / ProtoStar-1 / formerly ZX-8	2008-07-07	ProtoStar-1
Intelsat-30	2014-10-16	Intelsat-30
Intelsat-31	2016-06-09
Intelsat-34 / Hispasat-55W-2	2015-08-20	Intelsat-34
Intelsat-29e	2016-01-27	Intelsat-29e
Intelsat-33e	2016-08-24	Intelsat-33e
Intelsat-36	2016-08-24	Intelsat-36
Intelsat-32e / SkyBrasil-1	2017-02-14	Intelsat-32e
Intelsat-35e	2017-07-05	Intelsat-35e
Intelsat-37e	2017-09-29	Intelsat-37e
Intelsat-38 / Azerspace-2	2018-09-25	Azerspace-2
Intelsat-39	2019-08-06	Intelsat-39

Canada-USA American Mobile Satellite Corporation (AMSC) / Mobile SATellite (M-Sat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
AMSC-1 / M-Sat-2	1995-04-07	AMSC-1	AMSC / M-Sat	AMSC / M-Sat
AMSC-2 / M-Sat-1	1996-04-20

Canadian Anik / Telesat-series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Anik-A1 / Telesat-1 (Telesat-A)	1972-11-10	Anik-A Anik-A	Anik / Telesat	Anik / Telesat
Anik-A2 / Telesat-2 (Telesat-B)	1973-04-19
Anik-A3 / Telesat-3 (Telesat-C)	1975-05-07
Anik-B1 / Telesat-4 (Telesat-D)	1978-12-15	Anik-B1 Anik-B1
Anik-C1 / Telesat-9 (Telesat-I) / Nahuel-I1 / Brazil-1T [STS-51D/Discovery-deployed]	1985-04-12	Anik-C/D type
Anik-C2 / Telesat-7 (Telesat-G) / Nahuel-I2 [STS-7/Challenger-deployed]	1983-06-18
Anik-C3 / Telesat-6 (Telesat-E) [STS-5/Columbia-deployed]	1982-11-11
Anik-D1 / Telesat-5 (Telesat-F)	1982-08-26
Anik-D2 / Telesat-8 (Telesat-H) / Satcom-4R / Arabsat-1DR [STS-51A/Discovery-deployed]	1984-11-08
Anik-E1	1991-09-26	Anik-E1
Anik-E2	1991-04-04
Anik-E2R / formerly Galaxy-3R	1995-12-15
Anik-F1	2000-11-21	Anik-F1
Anik-F1R	2005-09-08	Anik-F1R Anik-F1R
Anik-F2	2004-07-18	Anik-F2
Anik-F3	2007-04-09	Anik-F3
Anik-G1	2013-04-15	Anik-G1

Canadian Nimiq-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Nimiq-4i / formerly DirecTV-2	1994-08-03		Nimiq	Nimiq
Nimiq-2i/3 / formerly DirecTV-3	1995-06-10
Nimiq-1	1999-05-20	Nimiq-1/2 type Nimiq-1/2 type
Nimiq-2	2002-12-29
Nimiq-4	2008-09-19	Nimiq-4
Nimiq-5	2009-09-17	Nimiq-5
Nimiq-6	2012-05-17	Nimiq-6

Indian National SATellite (Insat) series: [complete]

In addition to their communications function, a subset of the Insat series carried remote-sensing equipment that allowed them to act as weather satellites. (The subset of Insat [with meteorological instrumentation] are hightlighted in pale yellow and are found on the geostationary weather satellites page.)

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Insat-1A	1982-04-10	Insat Insat-1 Insat-1A	Insat [complete]	Insat [complete]
Insat-1B [STS-8/Challenger-deployed]	1983-08-30
Insat-1C	1988-07-21
Insat-1D	1990-06-12
Insat-2A / SARSAT	1992-07-09	Insat-2 Insat-2 Insat-2A
Insat-2B / SARSAT	1993-07-22
Insat-2C / SARSAT	1995-12-06	Insat-2C
Insat-2D / SARSAT	1997-06-04
Insat-2DT / Arabsat-1C	1992-02-26
Insat-2E / Intelsat-APR-2	1999-04-03	Insat-2E
Insat-3A / SARSAT	2003-04-09	Insat-3A
Insat-3B	2000-03-21	Insat-3B
Insat-3C	2002-01-23	Insat-3C
Insat-3D [meteorological only] / SARSAT	2013-07-25	Insat-3D
Insat-3E	2003-09-27	Insat-3E
Insat-4A	2005-12-21	Insat-4A
Insat-4B	2007-03-11	Insat-4B
Insat-4C [failed]	2006-07-10	Insat-4C
Insat-4CR	2007-09-02
Insat-4D (GSat-5)	20xx-?	Insat-4D
Insat-4E (GSat-6)	201x-?	Insat-4E
Insat-4F (GSat-7)	2013-08-29	Insat-4F
Insat-4G (GSat-8)	2011-05-20	Insat-4G GSat-8
Insat-3DR [meteorological only]	2016-09-08	Insat-3DR

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
NATO-1 (also known as IDCSP-1-1/20 or DSCS-1)	1966-06-16 — 1968-06-13		IDCSP	IDCSP
NATO-2A	1970-03-20	NATO-2	NATO	NATO
NATO-2B	1971-02-03
NATO-3A	1976-04-22	NATO-3A
NATO-3B	1977-01-28
NATO-3C	1978-11-19
NATO-3D	1984-11-14
NATO-4A	1991-01-08	NATO-4A
NATO-4B (USA-98)	1993-12-08

French-German Symphonie-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Symphonie-1 (Symphonie-A)	1974-12-19	Symphonie-1 Symphonie-1 Symphonie (patch) Symphonie (patch)	Symphonie	Symphonie
Symphonie-2 (Symphonie-B)	1975-08-27

Satellite Italiano Ricerca Industriale Orientata (SIRIO) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SIRIO-1 (SIRIO-A)	1977-08-25	SIRIO-1 SIRIO	SIRIO	SIRIO
SIRIO-2 (SIRIO-B) [failed]	1982-09-10	SIRIO-2

Sistema Italiana de Communicazione Riservente ALlarmi (SICRAL) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SICRAL-1	2001-02-07	SICRAL-1	SICRAL-1 (with Skynet-4F)
SICRAL-1B	2009-04-20
SICRAL-2 / Syracuse-3C	2015-04-26	SICRAL-2	SICRAL-2 (with Thor-7)	SICRAL-2 (with Thor-7)

West German TeleVision SATellite (TV-Sat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
TV-Sat-1	1987-11-21	TV-Sat-1	TV-Sat	TV-Sat
TV-Sat-2	1989-08-08

French TéléDiffusion de France (TDF) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
TDF-1	1988-10-28	TDF-1	TDF	TDF
TDF-2	1990-07-24

European Orbital Test Satellite (OTS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
OTS-1 (OTS-A) [failed]	1977-09-13	OTS-1 OTS	OTS	OTS
OTS-2 (OTS-B)	1978-05-11

Luxembourg Astra-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Astra-1A	1988-12-11	Astra-1A Astra-1A	Astra	Astra
Astra-1B (like Intelsat-K)	1991-03-02	Astra-1B
Astra-1C	1993-05-12	Astra-1C
Astra-1D	1994-11-01
Astra-1E	1995-10-19	Astra-1E
Astra-1F	1996-04-08
Astra-1G	1997-12-02	Astra-2A
Astra-1H	1999-06-18	Astra-1H/2C
Astra-1K [partial failure]	2002-11-25	Astra-1K
Astra-1KR	2006-04-20	Astra-1KR
Astra-1L	2007-05-04	Astra-1L
Astra-1M	2008-11-05	Astra-1M
Astra-1N	2011-08-06	Astra-1N
Astra-2A	1998-08-30	Astra-2A
Astra-2B	2000-09-14	Astra-2B
Astra-2C	2001-06-16	Astra-2C/1H
Astra-2D	2000-12-20	Astra-2D
Astra-2E	2013-09-29	Astra-2E
Astra-2F	2012-09-28
Astra-2G	2014-12-27
Astra-3A	2002-03-29	Astra-3A (similar to Astra-2D)
Astra-3B	2010-05-21	Astra-3B
Astra-4A / was AMC-12	2005-03-02	AMC-12
Astra-4B / was SES-5	2012-07-09	SES-5
Astra-5A / formerly Sirius-2	1997-11-12	Sirius-2
Astra-5B	2014-03-22	Astra-5B

General Electric (GE) / AMeriCom (AMC) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
GE-1 / AMC-1	1996-09-08	GE-1	GE / AMC	GE / AMC
GE-2 / AMC-2	1997-01-30
GE-3 / AMC-3 / Eagle-1	1997-09-04
GE-4 / AMC-4	1999-11-13	GE-4
GE-5 / AMC-5	1998-10-28	GE-5
GE-6 / AMC-6	2000-10-21
GE-7 / AMC-7	2000-09-14
GE-8 / AMC-8	2000-12-20	GE-8
GE-10 / now AMC-10	2004-02-05
GE-11 / now AMC-11	2004-05-19
GE-12 / now AMC-9	2003-06-06	AMC-9
AMC-16	2004-12-17
AMC-12 / now Astra-4A	2005-03-02	AMC-12
AMC-14 [partial failure]	2008-03-14	AMC-14
AMC-15	2004-10-14	AMC-15
AMC-16	2004-12-17
GE-18 / now AMC-18	2006-12-08
AMC-21	2008-08-14	AMC-21
AMC-23	2005-12-29	AMC-23

Luxembourg Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SES-1 (ex AMC-4R)	2010-04-24	SES-1	SES	SES
SES-2 (ex AMC-5R)	2011-09-21	SES-2
SES-3 (ex AMC ground spare)	2011-07-15
SES-4	2012-02-14	SES-4
SES-5 / now Astra-4B	2012-07-09	SES-5
SES-6	2013-06-03	SES-6
SES-7 / was Indostar-2 / was ProtoStar-2	2009-05-16	SES-7
SES-8	2013-12-03	SES-8
SES-9	2016-03-04	SES-9
SES-10	2017-03-30	SES-10
SES-11 / EchoStar-105	2017-10-11	EchoStar-105/SES-11
SES-12	2018-06-04	SES-12
SES-14 / GOLD	2018-01-25	SES-14/GOLD
SES-15	2017-05-18	SES-15
SES-16 / GovSat-1	2018-01-31	SES-16
SES-17	2021-?	SES-17
SES-18	2022-?	SES-18
SES-19	2022-?
SES-20	2022-?	SES-20
SES-21	2022-?
SES-22	2022-?	SES-22
SES-23	2022-?

Norway Thor-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Thor-1 / formerly MarcoPolo-2	1990-08-18	MarcoPolo-1	Thor	Thor
Thor-2	1997-05-21	Thor-2
Thor-3	1998-06-09
Thor-5 (Thor-2r)	2008-02-11	Thor-2r
Thor-6	2009-10-29	Thor-6
Thor-7	2015-04-26	Thor-7

European HotBird-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
HotBird-1 / formerly Eutelsat-2-F6X	1995-03-28	HotBird-1	HotBird	HotBird
HotBird-2	1996-11-21	HotBird-2
HotBird-3	1997-09-02
HotBird-4	1998-02-27
HotBird-5	1998-10-09
HotBird-6	2002-08-21	HotBird-6
HotBird-7 [failed]	2002-12-11	HotBird-7
HotBird-7A	2006-03-11	HotBird-7A
HotBird-8	2006-08-04	HotBird-8
HotBird-9	2008-12-20
HotBird-10	2009-02-12

MARitime communications SATellite (Marisat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Marisat-1 (Marisat-A)	1976-02-19	Marisat-1 Marisat-1	Marisat	Marisat
Marisat-2 (Marisat-B)	1976-06-09
Marisat-3 (Marisat-C)	1976-10-14

MARitime European Communications Satellite (Marecs) / MARitime Orbital Test Satellite (MARots) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Marecs-1 (Marecs-A)	1981-12-20	Marecs	Marecs	Marecs
Marecs-B [failed]	1982-09-10
Marecs-2 (Marecs-B2)	1984-11-10

INternational MARitime SATellite (Inmarsat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Inmarsat-2-F1	1990-10-30	Inmarsat-2	Inmarsat	Inmarsat
Inmarsat-2-F2	1991-03-08
Inmarsat-2-F3	1991-12-16
Inmarsat-2-F4	1992-04-15
Inmarsat-3-F1	1996-04-03	Inmarsat-3
Inmarsat-3-F2	1996-09-06
Inmarsat-3-F3	1996-12-18
Inmarsat-3-F4	1997-06-03
Inmarsat-3-F5	1998-02-04
Inmarsat-4-F1	2005-03-11	Inmarsat-4
Inmarsat-4-F2	2005-11-08
Inmarsat-4-F3	2008-08-19
Inmarsat-4A-F4 / Alphasat	2013-07-25	Alphasat
Inmarsat-5-F1	2013-12-08	Inmarsat-5
Inmarsat-5-F2	2015-02-01
Inmarsat-5-F3	2015-08-28
Inmarsat-5-F4	2017-05-15
Inmarsat-S-EAN / HellasSat-3	2017-06-28	HellasSat-3 HellasSat-3

COMmunications STAR (Comstar) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Comstar-1A (Comstar-D1)	1976-05-13	Comstar-1	Comstar	Comstar
Comstar-1B (Comstar-D2)	1976-07-22
Comstar-1C (Comstar-D3)	1978-06-29
Comstar-1D (Comstar-D4)	1981-02-21

ECHO STAR (EchoStar) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
EchoStar-1	1995-12-28	EchoStar-1	EchoStar	EchoStar
EchoStar-2	1996-09-11
EchoStar-3	1997-10-05	EchoStar-3
EchoStar-4	1998-05-07
EchoStar-5 / now Ciel-1	1999-09-23
EchoStar-6 / now Bermudasat-1	2000-07-14	EchoStar-6
EchoStar-7	2002-02-21
EchoStar-8	2002-08-22	EchoStar-8
EchoStar-9 / Telstar-13	2003-08-08		Telstar	Telstar
EchoStar-T1 / formerly TerreStar-1	2009-07-01	TerreStar-1	EchoStar	EchoStar
EchoStar-17	2012-07-05	EchoStar-17
EchoStar-18	2016-06-18	EchoStar-18
EchoStar-19	2016-12-18	EchoStar-19
EchoStar-T2 / formerly TerreStar-2 / now EchoStar-21	2017-06-08	TerreStar-1
EchoStar-105 / SES-11	2017-10-11	EchoStar-105/SES-11

SPACE NETwork (Spacenet) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Spacenet-1 / now ChinaSat-5	1984-05-23	Spacenet-1 Spacenet-1	Spacenet	Spacenet
Spacenet-2 / now ChinaSat-5R	1984-11-10
Spacenet-3 [failed]	1985-09-12
Spacenet-3R	1988-03-11
Spacenet-4 / formerly ASC-2	1991-04-13	ASC-2

SPACE WAY (Spaceway) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Spaceway-1	2005-04-26	Spaceway
Spaceway-2	2005-11-16		Spaceway-2 (with Telkom-2)
Spaceway-3	2007-04-18		Spaceway-3 (with BSat-3a)

Brazilian Brasilsat series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Brasilsat-A1	1985-02-08	Brasilsat-A1	Brasilsat	Brasilsat
Brasilsat-A2	1986-03-28
Brasilsat-B1	1994-08-10	Brasilsat-B Brasilsat-B Brasilsat-B
Brasilsat-B2	1995-03-28
Brasilsat-B3	1998-01-22
Brasilsat-B4	2000-08-17

Brazilian Satelites de Coleta de Dados (SCD) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SCD-1	1993-02-09	SCD-1	SCD	SCD
SCD-2A [failed]	1997-11-02	SCD-2
SCD-2	1998-10-23
SCD-3	canceled	SCD-3

Brazilian StarOne (Star One) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
StarOne-C1	2007-11-14	StarOne-C1	StarOne	StarOne
StarOne-C2	2008-04-18
StarOne-C3	2012-11-10	StarOne-C3
StarOne-C4	2015-07-15	StarOne-C4
StarOne-D1	2016-12-21	StarOne-D1

Indonesian Palapa-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Palapa-A1	1976-07-08	Palapa-A1	Palapa	Palapa
Palapa-A2	1977-03-10
Palapa-B1 [STS-7/Challenger-deployed]	1983-06-18	Palapa-B1
Palapa-B2 [STS-41B/Challenger-deployed]	1984-02-03
Palapa-B2 [STS-51A/Discovery-recovered]	1984-11-08	Palapa-B2 (capture by STS-51A)
Palapa-B2P	1987-03-20
Palapa-B2R	1990-04-13
Palapa-B4	1992-05-14
Palapa-C1 / HGS-3 / Anatolia-1 / PakSat-1	1996-02-01	Palapa-C
Palapa-C2	1996-05-16
Palapa-D	2009-08-31	Palapa-D

Indonesian TELeKOMmunications (Telkom) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Telkom-1	1999-08-12	Telkom-1	Telkom	Telkom
Telkom-2	2005-11-16	Telkom-2 Telkom-2
Telkom-3	2012-08-06	Telkom-3
Telkom-3S	2017-02-14	Telkom-3S
Telkom-4 / Merah Putih	2018-08-07	Telkom-4

UK (armed forces) Skynet (SKY NETwork) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Skynet-1A	1969-11-22	Skynet-1A	Skynet	Skynet
Skynet-1B	1970-08-19
Skynet-2A [partial failure]	1974-01-19	Skynet-2A
Skynet-2B	1974-11-23
Skynet-3	Canceled
Skynet-4A	1990-01-01	Skynet-4A
Skynet-4B	1988-12-11
Skynet-4C	1990-08-30
Skynet-4D	1998-01-10
Skynet-4E	1999-02-26
Skynet-4F	2001-02-07
Skynet-5A	2007-03-11	Skynet-5A
Skynet-5B	2007-11-14
Skynet-5C	2008-06-12
Skynet-5D	2012-12-19

UK MarcoPolo / British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
MarcoPolo-1 / BSB-R1 / now Sirius-1	1989-08-27	MarcoPolo-1	Sirius	Sirius
MarcoPolo-2 / BSB-R2 / now Thor-1	1990-08-18		Thor	Thor

German Deutscher Fernmelde Satellit (DFS) / Kopernikus-series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
DFS-1 / Kopernikus-1	1989-06-05	DFS	DFS / Kopernicus	DFS / Kopernicus
DFS-2 / Kopernikus-2	1990-07-24
DFS-3 / Kopernikus-3 / now HellasSat-1	1992-10-12

Swedish Sirius-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Sirius-1 / formerly MarcoPolo-1 / BSB-R1	1989-08-27	MarcoPolo-1	Sirius	Sirius
Sirius-2 / now Astra-5A	1997-11-12
Sirius-3	1998-10-05	Sirius-3
Sirius-4	2007-11-17	Sirius-4

Japanese Ayame / Experimental Communications Satellite (ECS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Ayame-1 (ECS-A) [failed]	1979-02-06	Ayame-1	Ayame / ECS	Ayame / ECS
Ayame-2 (ECS-B)	1980-02-22

Japanese Yuri / Broadcasting Satellite (BS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Yuri-1 / BSE	1978-04-07		Yuri / BS	Yuri / BS
Yuri-2a / BS-2a	1984-01-23	BS-2a
Yuri-2b / BS-2b	1986-02-12
Yuri-2x / BS-2x [failed]	1990-02-22
Yuri-3a / BS-3a	1990-08-28	BS-3a
Yuri-3h / BS-3h [failed]	1991-04-19	BS-3h
Yuri-3b / BS-3b	1991-08-25
Yuri-3n / BS-3n	1994-07-08

Japanese Broadcasting SATellite (BSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
BSat-1a	1997-04-16	BSat-1a	BSat	BSat
BSat-1b	1998-04-28
BSat-2a	2001-03-08	BSat-2a
BSat-2b [partial failure]	2001-07-12
BSat-2c	2003-06-11
BSat-3a	2007-08-14	BSat-3a
BSat-3b	2010-10-28	BSat-3b
BSat-3c / JCSat-110R	2011-08-06	BSat-3c
BSat-4a	2017-09-29	BSat-4a

Japanese Communications Satellite (CS) / Sakura series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Sakura-1 / CS-1	1977-12-15	CS-1	Sakura / CS	Sakura / CS
Sakura-2A / CS-2A	1983-02-04	CS-2a
Sakura-2B / CS-2B	1983-08-05
Sakura-3A / CS-3A	1988-02-19	CS-3a
Sakura-3B / CS-3B	1988-09-16

Japanese Communications SATellite (JCSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
JCSat-1	1989-03-06	JCSat-1	JCSat	JCSat
JCSat-2	1990-01-01
JCSat-3	1995-08-29	JCSat-3/4 type
JCSat-4	1997-02-18
JCSat-5	1997-12-02	JCSat-5/6 type
JCSat-6	1999-02-16
JCSat-8	2002-03-29	JCSat-8
JCSat-9 (JCSat-5a) / N-Star-d	2006-04-12	JCSat-9
JCSat-10	2006-08-11	JCSat-10
JCSat-11 [failed]	2007-05-09
JCSat-12	2009-08-21
JCSat-13	2012-05-15	JCSat-13
JCSat-110R / BSat-3c	2011-08-06	BSat-3c
JCSat-14	2016-05-06	JCSat-14
JCSat-15	2016-12-21	JCSat-15
JCSat-16	2016-08-14	JCSat-16
JCSat-18 / Kacific-1	2019-12-16	JCSat-18
JCSat-17	2020-02-18	JCSat-17

Japanese Superbird series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Superbird-A	1989-06-05	Superbird-A	Superbird	Superbird
Superbird-A1	1992-12-01
Superbird-B [failed]	1990-02-22
Superbird-B1	1992-02-26
Superbird-C	1997-07-28	Superbird-C
Superbird-4 (Superbird-B2)	2000-02-18	Superbird-4
Superbird-6 (Superbird-A2)	2004-06-14	Superbird-6
Superbird-7 (Superbird-C2)	2008-08-14	Superbird-7

Japanese N-Star series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
N-Star-a	1995-08-29	N-Star-a	N-Star	N-Star
N-Star-b	1996-02-05
N-Star-c	2002-07-05	N-Star-c
N-Star-d / JCSat-9 (JCSat-5a)	2006-04-12	JCSat-9

EUropean TELcommunications SATellite (Eutelsat) / European Communications Satellite (ECS) series:

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
Eutelsat-Quantum	2021-?	Eutelsat-Quantum

French TELECOMmunications (Telecom) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Telecom-1A	1984-08-04	Telecom-1A	Telecom	Telecom
Telecom-1B	1985-05-08
Telecom-1C	1988-03-11
Telecom-2A	1991-12-16	Telecom-2A Telecom-2
Telecom-2B	1992-04-15
Telecom-2C	1995-12-06
Telecom-2D	1996-08-08

French Syracuse-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Syracuse-3A	2005-10-13	Syracuse-3	Syracuse-3A (with Galaxy-15)
Syracuse-3B	2006-08-11		Syracuse-3B (with JCSat-10)
Syracuse-3C / SICRAL-2	2015-04-26	SICRAL-2	SICRAL-2 (with Thor-7)

AUStralian communications SATellite (Aussat) / Optus series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Aussat-A1 / Optus-A1 [STS-51I/Discovery-deployed]	1985-08-27	Aussat-A	Aussat / Optus	Aussat / Optus
Aussat-A2 / Optus-A2 [STS-61B/Atlantis-deployed]	1985-11-27
Aussat-A3 / Optus-A3	1987-09-16
Aussat-B1 / Optus-B1	1992-08-13	Optus-B
Aussat-B2 / Optus-B2	1992-12-21
Aussat-B3 / Optus-B3	1994-08-27
Optus-C1	2003-06-11
Optus-D1	2006-10-13	Optus-D1
Optus-D2	2007-10-05	Optus-D2
Optus-D3	2009-08-21
Optus-10	2014-09-11	Optus-10

Mexican Morelos-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Morelos-1 (Morelos-A) [STS-51G/Discovery-deployed]	1985-06-17	Morelos-1	Morelos	Morelos
Morelos-2 (Morelos-B) [STS-61B/Atlantis-deployed]	1985-11-27

Mexican Solidaridad-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Solidaridad-1	1993-11-20	Solidaridad-1 Solidaridad-1/2 type	Solidaridad	Solidaridad
Solidaridad-2	1994-10-08

SATellite MEXico (SatMex) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SatMex-5 (Morelos-3) / Eutelsat-115-West-A	1998-12-06	SatMex-5	SatMex	SatMex
SatMex-6 (Morelos-4) / Eutelsat-113-West-A	2006-05-27	SatMex-6
SatMex-7 / now Eutelsat-115-West-B	2015-03-02	SatMex-7	Eutelsat / ECS	Eutelsat / ECS
SatMex-8 / now Eutelsat-117-West-A	2013-03-26	SatMex-8
SatMex-9 / now Eutelsat-117-West-B	2016-06-15	SatMex-9

MEXican SATellite (MexSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
MexSat-1 [failed]	2015-05-15	MexSat-1	MexSat	MexSat
MexSat-2	2015-10-02
MexSat-3 / Morelos-3	2012-12-19	MexSat-3

Spanish HISPAnic SATellite (Hispasat) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Hispasat-1A	1992-09-10	Hispasat-1A	Hispasat	Hispasat
Hispasat-1B	1993-07-22
Hispasat-1C	2000-03-02	Hispasat-1C Hispasat-1C/1D type Hispasat-1C/1D type Hispasat-1C/1D type Hispasat-1C/1D type Hispasat-1C/1D type Hispasat-1D Hispasat-1D
Hispasat-1D	2002-09-18
Hispasat-1E	2012-10-29	Hispasat-1E
Hispasat-55W-2 / Intelsat-34	2015-08-20	Intelsat-34
Hispasat-AG1 / Hispasat 36W-1	2017-01-28	Hispasat-AG1
Hispasat-1F / Hispasat 30W-6	2018-03-06	Hispasat-1F

Spanish Amazonas-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Amazonas-1 / Hispasat-55W-1	2004-08-05	Amazonas-1	Amazonas	Amazonas
Amazonas-2	2009-10-01	Amazonas-2
Amazonas-3	2013-02-07	Amazonas-3
Amazonas-4A	2014-03-22	Amazonas-4A
Amazonas-4B	Canceled
Amazonas-5	2017-09-11	Amazonas-5

ITALian SATellite (Italsat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Italsat-1	1991-01-15	Italsat-1	Italsat	Italsat
Italsat-2	1996-08-08

Malaysia East Asia SATellite (Measat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Measat-1 / now Africasat-1	1996-01-13	Measat-1	Measat	Measat
Measat-2 / now Africasat-2	1996-11-13
Measat-3	2006-12-11	Measat-3
Measat-3a	2009-06-21	Measat-3a
Measat-3b / Jabiru-2	2014-09-11	Measat-3b
Measat-4	Canceled
Measat-5 / iPStar-1 / Thaicom-4	2005-08-11	Thaicom-4

Saudi Arabia / ARABian SATellite (Arabsat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Arabsat-1E / Telstar-301 / Telstar-3A	1983-07-28	Telstar-301 Telstar-3 Telstar-3	Telstar	Telstar
Arabsat-1A	1985-02-08	Arabsat-1	Arabsat	Arabsat
Arabsat-1DR / Anik-D2 / Telesat-8 / Satcom-4R [STS-51A/Discovery-deployed]	1984-11-08		Anik / Telesat	Anik / Telesat
Arabsat-1B [STS-51G/Discovery-deployed]	1985-06-17		Arabsat	Arabsat
Arabsat-1C / Insat-2DT	1992-02-26
Arabsat-2A	1996-07-09	Arabsat-2
Arabsat-2B	1996-11-13
Arabsat-2C / Panamsat-5 / now Intelsat-5 (new series?)	1997-08-28	Panamsat-5
Arabsat-3A	1999-02-26	Arabsat-3A
Arabsat-4A [partial failure]	2006-02-28	Arabsat-4A
Arabsat-4B	2006-11-08
Arabsat-4AR	2008-07-07
Arabsat-5A	2010-06-26	Arabsat-5A
Arabsat-5C	2011-09-21	Arabsat-5C
Arabsat-6B	2015-11-10	Arabsat-6B

TURKish SATellite (Turksat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Turksat-1A [failed]	1994-01-24	Turksat-1A	Turksat	Turksat
Turksat-1B	1994-08-11
Turksat-1C	1996-07-09
Turksat-2A / Eurasiasat-1	2001-01-10	Turksat-2A
Turksat-3A	2008-06-12
Turksat-3uSat	2013-04-26	Turksat-3uSat
Turksat-4A	2014-02-14	Turksat-4A
Turksat-4B	2015-10-16	Turksat-4B
Turksat-5A	2021-?	Turksat-5A
Turksat-5B	2021-?	Turksat-5B
Turksat-6A	2021-?	Turksat-6A

PAN-AMerican SATellite (Panamsat / PAS) series:

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

American Satellite Company (ASC) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ASC-1 [STS-51I/Discovery-deployed]	1985-08-27		ASC-1 (with Leasat-F4 and Aussat-A1)
ASC-2 / now Spacenet-4	1991-04-13	ASC-2	Spacenet	Spacenet

Gte STAR (GStar) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
GStar-1	1985-05-08	GStar-1	GStar	GStar
GStar-2	1986-03-28
GStar-3	1988-09-08
GStar-4	1990-11-20

Satellite Business Systems (SBS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SBS-1 (SBS-A)	1980-11-15	SBS-1	SBS	SBS
SBS-2 (SBS-B)	1981-09-24
SBS-3 (SBS-C) [STS-5/Columbia-deployed]	1982-11-11	SBS-3 (being deployed)
SBS-4 (SBS-D) [STS-41D/Discovery-deployed]	1984-08-30
SBS-5	1988-09-08
SBS-6	1990-10-12	SBS-6 SBS-6

US Air Force (USAF) Satellite Data System (SDS) / Quasar series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SDS-1 / Quasar-1	1976-06-02		SDS / Quasar	SDS / Quasar
SDS-2 / Quasar-2	1976-08-06
SDS-3 / Quasar-3	1978-08-05
SDS-4 / Quasar-4	1980-12-13
SDS-5 / Quasar-5 / USA-4	1984-08-28
SDS-6 / Quasar-6 / USA-9	1985-02-08
SDS-7 / Quasar-7 / USA-21	1987-02-12
SDS-2-1 / Quasar-8 / USA-40 [STS-28R/Columbia-deployed]	1989-08-08	SDS-2
SDS-2-2 / Quasar-9 / USA-67 [STS-38/Atlantis-deployed]	1990-11-16
SDS-2-3 / Quasar-10 / USA-87 [STS-53/Discovery-deployed]	1992-12-02
SDS-2-4 / Quasar-11 / USA-125	1996-07-03
SDS-3-1 / Quasar-12 / NROL-5 / USA-137	1998-01-29
SDS-3-2 / Quasar-13 / NROL-10 / USA-155	2000-12-06
SDS-3-3 / Quasar-14 / NROL-12 / USA-162	2001-10-11
SDS-3-4 / Quasar-15 / NROL-1 / USA-179	2004-08-31
SDS-3-5 / Quasar-16 / NROL-24 / USA-198	2007-12-10
SDS-3-6 / Quasar-17 / NROL-27 / USA-227	2011-03-11
SDS-3-7 / Quasar-18 / NROL-38 / USA-236	2012-06-20
SDS-3-8 / Quasar-19 / NROL-33 / USA-252	2014-05-23
SDS-4-1 / Quasar-20 / NROL-61 / USA-269	2016-07-28
SDS-4-2 / Quasar-21 / NROL-52 / USA-279	2017-10-15

Radio Corporation of America (RCA) SATellite COMmunications (Satcom) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Satcom-1 (Satcom-A)	1975-12-12	Satcom-1 Satcom-1	Satcom	Satcom
Satcom-2 (Satcom-B)	1976-03-26
Satcom-3 (Satcom-C) [partial failure]	1979-12-07
Satcom-3R (Satcom-D)	1981-11-20
Satcom-4	1982-01-16
Satcom-5	1982-10-28
Satcom-1R (Satcom-F)	1983-04-11
Satcom-2R (Satcom-H)	1983-09-08
Satcom-4R / Anik-D2 / Telesat-8 / Arabsat-1DR [STS-51A/Discovery-deployed]	1984-11-08
Satcom-Ku2 [STS-61B/Atlantis-deployed]	1985-11-27
Satcom-Ku1 [STS-61C/Columbia-deployed]	1986-01-12	Satcom-Ku1 (patch)
Satcom-C1	1990-11-20
Satcom-C2	Canceled
Satcom-C5	1991-05-29	Satcom-C5
Satcom-C4	1992-08-31
Satcom-C3	1992-09-10

Atlantic Bird series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Atlantic Bird-1 / Eutelsat-12-West-A	2002-08-28	Atlantic Bird-1	Atlantic Bird-1 (Eutelsat-12-West-A, with MSG-1)
Atlantic Bird-2 / Eutelsat-12-West-B	2001-09-25	Atlantic Bird-2	Atlantic Bird-2 (Eutelsat-12-West-B)
Atlantic Bird-3 / Stellat-5 / now Eutelsat-5-West-A	2002-07-05	Stellat-5	Stellat-5 (with N-Star-c)
Atlantic Bird-7 / now Eutelsat-7-West-A / Nilesat-104	2011-09-24	Atlantic Bird-7

(US Navy) FLeeT SATellite COMmunications (FltSatCom) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
FltSatCom-1	1978-02-09	FltSatCom-1	FltSatCom	FltSatCom
FltSatCom-2	1979-05-04
FltSatCom-3	1980-01-18
FltSatCom-4	1980-10-31
FltSatCom-5 [partial failure]	1981-08-06
FltSatCom-6 [failed]	1987-03-26
FltSatCom-7 / USA-20	1986-12-05	FltSatCom-7
FltSatCom-8 / USA-46	1989-09-25

Orion-series* satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Orion-1 / Telstar-11	1994-11-29	Telstar-11	Telstar	Telstar
Orion-2 / Telstar-12	1999-10-19	Telstar-12
Orion-3 [failed]	1999-05-05	Orion-3		Orion-3 Orion-3

^* The Orion-series communications satellites from the 1990s should not be confused with the Orion-series military satellites from the 1980s, which go by the same name.

Brazilian Estrela do Sul-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Estrela do Sul-1 / Telstar-14	2004-01-11	Telstar-14	Telstar	Telstar
Estrela do Sul-2 / Telstar-14R	2011-05-20	Telstar-14R

US Galaxy-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Galaxy-1	1983-06-28	Galaxy-1	Galaxy	Galaxy
Galaxy-1R [failed]	1992-08-22
Galaxy-1R2	1994-02-19
Galaxy-2	1983-09-22
Galaxy-3	1984-09-21
Galaxy-4	1993-06-25	Galaxy-4 Galaxy-4
Galaxy-5	1992-03-13
Galaxy-6	1990-10-12
Galaxy-7	1992-10-28
Galaxy-3R (Galaxy-8, now Anik-E2R)	1995-12-15	Galaxy-3R
Galaxy-11	1999-12-21	Galaxy-11
Galaxy-10R	2000-01-25	Galaxy-4R/10R
Galaxy-4R	2000-04-19
Galaxy-16	2006-06-18	Galaxy-16
Galaxy-18	2008-05-21
Galaxy-25 / Telstar-5 / Intelsat Americas-5	1997-05-24	Telstar-5/6/7 type	Telstar	Telstar
Galaxy-26 / Telstar-6 / Intelsat Americas-6	1999-02-15
Galaxy-27 / Telstar-7 / Intelsat Americas-7	1999-09-25
Galaxy-28 / Telstar-8 / Intelsat Americas-8	2005-06-23	Telstar-8
Galaxy-23 / Telstar-13 / Intelsat Americas-13 / EchoStar-9	2003-08-08	Telstar-13
Galaxy-3C	2002-06-15	Galaxy-3C	Galaxy	Galaxy
Galaxy-12	2003-04-09	Galaxy-12
Galaxy-13 / Horizons-1	2003-10-01	Galaxy-13
Galaxy-15	2005-10-13	Galaxy-15
Galaxy-17	2007-05-05
Galaxy-19 / Intelsat Americas-9	2008-09-24	Galaxy-19

(Selected) US Global Star (Globalstar) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Globalstar-1+2+3+4	1998-02-14	Globalstar-1 Globalstar-1 (launch configuration)	Globalstar	Globalstar
Globalstar-5+7+9+10+11+12+13+16+17+18+20+21 [failed]	1998-09-09
Globalstar-6+8+14+15	1998-04-24
Globalstar-2 (72-120)	2010-10-19 →	Globalstar-2 Globalstar-2 (launch configuration)

US DIRECt TV (DirecTV) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
DirecTV-1	1993-12-18	DirecTV-1	DirecTV	DirecTV
DirecTV-2 / now Nimiq-4i	1994-08-03
DirecTV-3 / now Nimiq-2i/3	1995-06-10
DirecTV-1R	1999-10-10	DirecTV-1R
DirecTV-4S	2001-11-27	DirecTV-4S
DirecTV-7S	2004-05-04	DirecTV-7S
DirecTV-8	2005-05-22	DirecTV-8
DirecTV-9S	2006-10-13	DirecTV-7S
DirecTV-10	2007-07-07	DirecTV-10
DirecTV-11	2008-03-19
DirecTV-12	2009-12-29
DirecTV-14	2014-12-06	DirecTV-14
DirecTV-15	2015-05-27	DirecTV-15
AT&T-T-16 / DirecTV-16	2019-06-20	AT&T-T-16

China/PRC Dongfanghong / Dong Fang Hong (DFH) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
DFH-1	1970-04-24	DFH-1	DFH	DFH
DFH-2 series (1 — 2)	1984-01-29 — 1984-04-08	DFH-2
DFH-2A series (1 — 5)	1986-02-01 — 1991-12-28	DFH-2A
DFH-3 series (1 — 2)	1994-11-29 — 1997-05-11	DFH-3

Netherlands New Skies (NSS) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
NSS-K / formerly Intelsat-K	1992-06-10	Intelsat-K	NSS	NSS
NSS-7	2002-04-16	NSS-7
NSS-6	2002-12-17	NSS-6
NSS-9	2009-02-12	NSS-9
NSS-12	2009-10-29	NSS-12

China/PRC ASIA SATellite (AsiaSat) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
AsiaSat-1 / formerly Westar-6	1990-04-07		AsiaSat	AsiaSat
AsiaSat-2 / AMOS-5i	1995-11-28	AsiaSat-2
AsiaSat-3 / HGS-1 / Panamsat-22	1997-12-24	AsiaSat-3 AsiaSat-3/3S
AsiaSat-3S	1999-03-21
AsiaSat-4	2003-04-11	AsiaSat-4
AsiaSat-5	2009-08-11	AsiaSat-5
AsiaSat-7 / Thaicom-6A	2011-11-25
AsiaSat-6 / Thaicom-7	2014-09-07	AsiaSat-6
AsiaSat-8 / now AMOS-7	2014-08-05	AsiaSat-8
AsiaSat-9	2017-09-28	AsiaSat-9

China/PRC Asia-Pacific STAR (APStar) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
APStar-1	1994-07-21	APStar-1	APStar	APStar
APStar-2	1995-01-26	APStar-2
APStar-1A	1996-07-03
APStar-2R / Telstar-10	1997-10-16	APStar-2R	Telstar	Telstar
APStar-5 / Telstar-18	2004-06-29
APStar-6	2005-04-12	APStar-6	APStar	APStar
APStar-7	2012-03-31	APStar-7
APStar-9	2015-10-16	APStar-9
APStar-6C	2018-05-03	APStar-6C APStar-6C
APStar-6D	2020-07-09	APStar-6D
APStar-5C / Telstar-18V	2018-09-10	Telstar-18V	Telstar	Telstar

(Selected) CHINA/PRC SATellite (ChinaSat) / ZhongXing (ZX) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ChinaSat-5 / formerly Spacenet-1	1984-05-23	Spacenet-1 Spacenet-1	Spacenet	Spacenet
ChinaSat-5R / formerly Spacenet-2	1984-11-10
ChinaSat-20 / ZX-20 / ST-1	2003-11-14	ST-1 (PRC)	ChinaSat	ChinaSat
ChinaSat-22A / ZX-22A / FH-18	2006-09-12
ChinaSat-6A / ZX-6A	2010-09-04	ZX-6A
ChinaSat-6B / ZX-6B	2007-07-05	ZX-6B
ChinaSat-7 / ZX-7	1996-08-18	ZX-7
ChinaSat-8 / ZX-8 / now ProtoStar-1 / Intelsat-25	2008-07-07	ProtoStar-1
ChinaSat-9 / ZX-9	2008-06-09	ZX-9
ChinaSat-10 / ZX-10	2011-06-20	(possible) ZX-10
ChinaSat-11 / ZX-11	2013-05-01	ZX-11
ChinaSat-12 / ZX-12, now ZX-15A	2012-11-27	ZX-12

China/PRC Asia Broadcasting Satellite (ABS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ABS-2 / ST-3 / Koreasat-8	2014-02-06	Koreasat-8	ABS	ABS
ABS-3A	2015-03-02	ABS-3A
ABS-2A	2016-06-15	ABS-2A

Indian Geostationary SATellite (GSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
GSat-1 (GramSat)	2001-04-18	GSat-1	GSat	GSat
GSat-2	2003-08-05	GSat-2
GSat-3 (EduSat)	2004-09-20	GSat-3
GSat-4 (HealthSat) [failed]	2010-04-15	GSat-4
GSat-5 (Insat-4D)	20xx-?	Insat-4D	Insat [complete]	Insat [complete]
GSat-6 (Insat-4E)	201x-?	Insat-4E
GSat-7 (Insat-4F)	2013-08-29	Insat-4F
GSat-8 (Insat-4G)	2011-05-20	GSat-8 Insat-4G
GSat-9	2017-05-05	GSat-9	GSat	GSat
GSat-10	2012-09-28	GSat-10
GSat-11	2018-12-04	GSat-11
GSat-12	2011-07-15	GSat-12
GSat-12R	2020-12-17
GSat-14	2014-01-05	GSat-14
GSat-15	2015-11-10	GSat-15
GSat-16	2014-12-06	GSat-16
GSat-17	2017-06-28	GSat-17
GSat-18	2016-10-05	GSat-18
GSat-19	2017-06-05	GSat-19
GSat-20	2021-?	GSat-20
GSat-29	2018-11-14	GSat-29
GSat-30	2020-01-16	GSat-30
GSat-31	2019-02-05	GSat-31

THAIland COMmunications (Thaicom) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Thaicom-1	1993-12-18	Thaicom-1	Thaicom	Thaicom
Thaicom-2	1994-10-08
Thaicom-3	1997-04-17	Thaicom-5 Thaicom-5
Thaicom-5	2006-05-27
Thaicom-4 / iPStar-1 / Measat-5	2005-08-11	Thaicom-4
Thaicom-6 / Africom-1	2014-01-06	Thaicom-6
Thaicom-6A / AsiaSat-7	2011-11-25
Thaicom-7 / AsiaSat-6	2014-09-07	AsiaSat-6
Thaicom-8	2016-05-27	Thaicom-8

[Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT)] SATellite (Vinasat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Vinasat-1	2008-04-18	Vinasat-1	Vinasat	Vinasat
Vinasat-2	2012-05-15	Vinasat-2

Russian Molniya-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
pre-Molniya-1 / Kosmos-41 [partial failure]	1964-08-22		Molniya	Molniya
Molniya-1 series (1-1 — 1-31)	1965-04-23 — 1975-09-02	Molniya-1 Molniya-1 Molniya-1 Molniya-1 Molniya-1
Molniya-1S-1	1974-07-29	Molniya-1S
Molniya-1T series (1-32 — 1-93)	1976-01-22 — 2004-02-18
Molniya-2 series (2-1 — 2-17)	1971-11-24 — 1977-02-11	Molniya-2
Molniya-3 series (3-1 — 3-50)	1974-11-21 — 1999-07-08	Molniya-3 Molniya-3
Molniya-3K series (3K-1 — 3K-3)	2001-07-20 — 2008-?	Molniya-3K

Israeli Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite (AMOS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
AMOS-5i / AsiaSat-2	1995-11-28		AsiaSat-2
AMOS-1 / Intelsat-24	1996-05-16	AMOS-1	AMOS-1 (with Palapa-C2)	AMOS
AMOS-2	2003-12-27	AMOS-2
AMOS-3	2008-04-28	AMOS-3
AMOS-4	2013-08-31	AMOS-4		"AMOS-4" (in text, but fantasy depicted)
AMOS-5	2011-12-11	AMOS-5
AMOS-6 [destroyed]	2016-09-01	AMOS-6 AMOS-6	AMOS-6
AMOS-7 / formerly AsiaSat-8	2014-08-05	AsiSat-8
AMOS-8	2022-?	AMOS-8
AMOS-17	2019-08-06	AMOS-17	AMOS-17

KAZakhstan SATellite (KazSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
KazSat-1	2006-06-17	KazSat-1	KazSat	KazSat
KazSat-2	2011-07-15	KazSat-2
KazSat-3	2014-04-28	KazSat-3 KazSat-3

US Air Force (USAF) Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program (IDCSP) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
IDCSP-1 — 7 / DSCS-1-1 — 7	1966-06-16	IDCSP IDCSP	IDCSP	IDCSP
IDCSP-8 — 14 / DSCS-1-8 — 14 [failed]	1966-08-26
IDCSP-8 — 15 / DSCS-1-8 — 15 [redo]	1967-01-18
IDCSP-16 — 19 / DSCS-1-16 — 19	1967-07-01
IDCSP-20 — 27 / DSCS-1-20 — 27	1968-06-13

US Air Force (USAF) Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
DSCS-1 or IDCSP-1-1/20 (also known as NATO-1)	1966-06-16 — 1968-06-13		DSCS	DSCS
DSCS-2-1/2	1971-11-03	DSCS-2 DSCS-2
DSCS-2-3/4	1973-12-13
DSCS-2-5/6	1975-05-20
DSCS-2-7/8	1977-05-12
DSCS-2-9/10 [failed]	1978-03-25
DSCS-2-11/12	1978-12-13
DSCS-2-13/14	1979-11-21
DSCS-3-B4/B5 / USA-11/12 [STS-51J/Atlantis-deployed]	1985-10-03	DSCS-3 DSCS-3 (patch)
DSCS-2-15 / USA-43	1989-09-04
DSCS-3-A2 / USA-44	1989-09-04
DSCS-3-B14 / USA-78	1992-02-11

US Air Force (USAF) Advanced Extreme High Frequency (AEHF) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
AEHF-1 / USA-214	2010-08-14	AEHF-1 AEHF	AEHF	AEHF
AEHF-2 / USA-235	2012-05-04
AEHF-3 / USA-246	2013-09-18
AEHF-4 / USA-288	2018-10-17
AEHF-5 / USA-292	2019-08-08
AEHF-6 / USA-298	2020-03-26

US TActical Communications SATellite (TacSat) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
TacSat-2	2006-12-16	TacSat-2
TacSat-3	2009-05-19	TacSat-3	TacSat-3 TacSat-3 (back)
TacSat-4	2011-09-27	TacSat-4

(Selected) Russian Strela-series satellites:

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

UK-European HIghLy Adaptable Satellite (HYLAS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
HYLAS-1	2010-11-26	HYLAS-1	HYLAS	HYLAS
HYLAS-2	2012-08-02	HYLAS-2
HYLAS-3 / EDRS-C	2019-08-06	HYLAS-3
HYLAS-4	2018-04-05	HYLAS-4

US Sirius-XM series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
XM-1 / Roll	2001-08-05	XM-1	Sirius-XM	Sirius-XM
XM-2 / Rock	2001-03-18
XM-3 / Rhythm	2005-03-01	XM-4
XM-4 / Blues	2006-10-30
XM-5	2010-10-14	XM-5
SXM-7	2020-12-13	SXM-7
SXM-8	2021-?

(Selected) Russian Ekspress-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Ekspress-1	1994-10-13	Ekspress Ekspress-1 Ekspress-AT2 Ekspress-MD1	Ekspress	Ekspress
Ekspress-2	1996-09-26
Ekspress-A (series)	1999-10-27 — 2000-06-24	Ekspress-A
Ekspress-AM (series)	2004-10-30 →	Ekspress-AM Ekspress-AM6 Ekspress-AM33/AM44

(Selected) Russian Luch-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Luch-1	1994-12-16	Luch	Luch	Luch
Luch-5A / GEOSAR	2011-12-11	Luch-5A
Luch-5B	2012-11-02	Luch-5B
Luch-5V / GEOSAR	2014-04-28

ARgentina SATellite (Arsat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Arsat-1	2014-10-16	Arsat-1 (early-design?) Arsat-1	Arsat	ArSat
Arsat-2	2015-09-30	Arsat-2

KOREA SATellite (Koreasat) / Mugunghwa series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Koreasat-1 / Mugunghwa-1 [failed]	1995-08-05	Koreasat-1 Koreasat-1 (launch)	Koreasat / Mugunghwa	Koreasat / Mugunghwa
Koreasat-2 / Mugunghwa-2	1996-01-14
Koreasat-3 / Mugunghwa-3	1999-09-04	Koreasat-3
Koreasat-4 / Mugunghwa-4	?
Koreasat-5 / Mugunghwa-5	2006-08-22	Koreasat-5
Koreasat-5A / Mugunghwa-5A	2017-10-30	Koreasat-5A Koreasat-5A (patch)
Koreasat-6 / Olleh-1	2010-12-29	Koreasat-6
Koreasat-7 / Mugunghwa-7	2017-05-04	Koreasat-7
Koreasat-8 / Mugunghwa-8 / ABS-2 / ST-2	2014-02-06	Koreasat-8

Greek HellasSat series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
HellasSat-1 / formerly DFS-3 / Kopernikus-3	1992-10-12		HellasSat	HellasSat
HellasSat-2	2003-05-13	HellasSat-2
HellasSat-3 / Inmarsat-S-EAN	2017-06-28	HellasSat-3 HellasSat-3
HellasSat-4 / SaudiGeoSat-1	2019-02-05	HellasSat-4

Egyptian NILE SATellite (Nilesat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Nilesat-101	1998-04-28	Nilesat-101	Nilesat	Nilesat
Nilesat-102	2000-08-17
Nilesat-104 / Eutelsat-7-West-A / formerly Atlantic Bird-7	2011-09-24
Nilesat-201	2010-08-04	Nilesat-201 Nilesat-201 (under construction) Nilesat-201 (under construction)

United Arab Emirates (UAE) al YAH SATellite communications company (YahSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
YahSat-1A / Al Yah-1	2011-04-22	YahSat-1A	YahSat	YahSat
YahSat-1B / Al Yah-2	2012-04-23	YahSat-1B
Al Yah-3 (with SES-14/GOLD)	2018-01-25	Al Yah-3

(Selected) US ORBital COMMunications (Orbcomm) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Orbcomm-X	1991-07-17	Orbcomm-X	Orbcomm	Orbcomm
Orbcomm-FM05/FM12	1997-12-23	Orbcomm-FM
Orbcomm-FM03/FM04	1998-02-10
Orbcomm-FM105/FM119	2015-12-21

US Iridium series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Iridium (series: 1 — 98)	1995-05-05 — 2002-02-20	Iridium	Iridium	Iridium
Iridium-NEXT (series: 101 →)	2017-01-14 →	Iridium-NEXT

AZERbaijan SPACE (Azerspace) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Azerspace-1 / AfricaSat-1a	2013-02-07	Azerspace-1	Azerspace	Azerspace
Azerspace-2 / Intelsat-38	2018-09-25	Azerspace-2

Regional African Satellite COMmunication (Rascom) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Rascom-QAF-1	2007-12-21	Rascom-QAF-1	Rascom	Rascom
Rascom-QAF-1R	2010-08-04

Germany COMmunications SATellite (Comsat-Bw) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Comsat-Bw-1	2009-10-01	Comsat-Bw-1	Comsat-Bw-1 (with Amazonas-2)
Comsat-Bw-2	2010-05-21		Comsat-Bw-2 (with Astra-3B)

Qatar Es'hail series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Es'hail-1 / Eutelsat-25B	2013-08-29	Eutelsat-25B
Es'hail-2 / OSCAR-100	2018-11-15	Es'hail-2	OSCAR-100

Australian SkyMuster-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SkyMuster-1	2015-09-30	SkyMuster-1/2	SkyMuster-1 (with Arsat-2)	SkyMuster-2 (with Arsat-2)
SkyMuster-2	2016-10-05	SkyMuster-1/2	SkyMuster-2 (with GSat-18)

Horizons-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Horizons-1 / Galaxy-13	2003-10-01	Galaxy-13
Horizons-2	2007-12-21	Horizons-2	Horizons-2 (with Rascom-QAF-1)
Horizons-3e	2018-09-25	Horizons-3e

Other (selected) US communications satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SCORE / Chatterbox	1958-12-18	SCORE	SCORE	SCORE
Advent	Canceled	Advent
Tacomsat-1 / Tacsat-1 (older)	1969-02-09	Tacomsat	Tacomsat	Tacomsat
BATSat / Teledesic-T1	1988-02-25	BATSat	BATSat (with Explorer-72)
UFO (series)	1993-03-25 — 2003-12-18	UFO (block1)		UFO UFO
ACTS [STS-51/Discovery-deployed]	1993-09-12	ACTS	ACTS (with ORFEUS-SPAS-1)	ACTS ACTS
Healthsat-2, now WavSat-1	1993-09-26	Healthsat-2	Healthsat-2 (with SPOT-3 and OSCAR-25/28)
AfriStar	1998-10-28	AfriStar	AfriStar (with GE-5)	"AfriStar" "AfriStar" AfriStar
MUBLCOM	1999-05-18	MUBLCOM	MUBLCOM (with Explorer-76)
AsiaStar	2000-03-21		AsiaStar (with Insat-3B)
ICO-F2	2001-06-19	ICO-F1/F2 type		"ICO"-F1/F2
PCSat-1 / OSCAR-44	2001-08-31	OSCAR-44 OSCAR-44	PCSat-1 / OSCAR-44
PCSat-2 [amateur radio, but not an OSCAR; not a satellite: carried and attached to ISS by STS-114, removed from ISS and returned to Earth by STS-115]	2005-08-03 (start of operations)	PCSat-2
WildBlue-1	2006-12-08	WildBlue-1	WildBlue-1 (with AMC-18)
ProtoStar-1 / Intelsat-25 / formerly ZX-8	2008-07-07	ProtoStar-1	Intelsat-5+7 and later series	Intelsat-5+7 and later series
ProtoStar-2 / Indostar-2 / now SES-7	2009-05-16	SES-7
TerreStar-1 / now EchoStar-T1	2009-07-01	TerreStar-1	TerreStar-1 (EchoStar-T1)
Hermes [failed]	2011-03-04	Hermes	Hermes (with Glory)
New Dawn / Intelsat-28	2011-04-22	New Dawn	Intelsat-5+7 and later series	Intelsat-5+7 and later series
ViaSat-1	2011-10-19	ViaSat-1
MUOS-1	2012-02-24	MUOS-1
MUOS-2	2013-07-19			"MUOS-2"
ViaSat-2	2017-06-01	ViaSat-2	ViaSat-2 (with Eutelsat-172B)
TerreStar-2 / EchoStar-T2 / now EchoStar-21	2017-06-08	TerreStar-1	TerreStar-2 (EchoStar-21)

Other (selected) non-US communications satellites:

Satellite	Country	Launch Date	Images
			reference	launch covers	other postal items
CTS-A (CAS-C) / Hermes	Canada-USA	1976-01-17	CTS	CTS / Hermes	CTS / Hermes
Ekran / Statsionar (series)	Russia (USSR)	1976-10-26 — 2001-04-07	Ekran	Ekran	Ekran
Gorizont (series)	Russia (USSR)	1978-12-19 — 2000-06-06	Gorizont	Gorizont	Gorizont
APPLE	India	1981-06-19		APPLE (with Meteosat-2 and CAT-3)	"APPLE"
Potok / Gezier (series)	Russia	1982-05-17 — 2000-07-04	Potok		"Potok"
Tele-X	Sweden, Norway, and Finland	1989-04-02	Tele-X	Tele-X	Tele-X
Olympus / L-Sat	Europe (ESA)	1989-07-12	Olympus	Olympus / L-Sat	Olympus / L-Sat
Gonets (series)	Russia	1996-02-19 — 2001-12-28	Gonets-D1		"Gonets-D1" "Gonets" "Gonets"
Nahuel-1A	Argentina	1997-01-30	Nahuel-1A Nahuel-1A	Nahuel-1A (with GE-2 / AMC-2)
Indostar-1 / Cakrawarta-1	Indonesia	1997-11-12	Indostar-1	Indostar-1 (with Sirius-2)	"Indostar-1"
Sinosat (series)	China/PRC	1998-07-18 →	Sinosat-1 Sinosat-2 [failed in orbit] Sinosat-3	Sinosat	Sinosat
ST-1	China (Singapore/Taiwan)	1998-08-27	ST-1	ST-1
Garuda-1	Indonesia	2000-02-12	Garuda-1		Garuda-1 Garuda-1 Garuda-1 Garuda-1 (fdc)
SESAT / Eutelsat-16C	Russia	2000-04-17	SESAT		"SESAT"
N-Sat-110	Japan (SCC/JSAT)	2000-10-06	N-Sat-110	N-Sat-110
Thuraya-1	United Arab Emirates	2000-10-21	Thuraya		"Thuraya-1" "Thuraya-1" (fdc) "Thuraya-1" "Thuraya" "Thuraya"
EuropeStar-1 / Panamsat-12 / Intelsat-12	France-USA	2000-10-29	EuropeStar-1	EuropeStar-1
Eurobird-1 (Europesat-1)	International	2001-03-08	Eurobird-1	Eurobird-1 (with BSat-2a)
ARTEMIS [partial failure]	Europe (ESA)	2001-07-12	ARTEMIS ARTEMIS	ARTEMIS	ARTEMIS
APMT	China/PRC	Canceled	APMT		APMT APMT
Stellat-5 / Atlantic Bird-3 / now Eutelsat-5-West-A	France	2002-07-05	Stellat-5	Stellat-5 (with N-Star-c)
DRTS / Kodama	Japan (NASDA)	2002-09-10	DRTS-1/Kodama
STENTOR [failed]	France (CNES)	2002-12-11	STENTOR	STENTOR	STENTOR
AGORA	France (CNES)	Canceled			"Sonde AGORA" "Sonde AGORA"
XTAR-EUR	Spain-USA	2005-02-12	XTAR-EUR	XTAR-EUR+MaqSat-B2+SloshSat-FLEVO XTAR-EUR+MaqSat-B2+SloshSat-FLEVO
SpainSat	Spain	2006-03-11	SpainSat-1	SpainSat	SpainSat
Meridian (series)	Russia	2006-12-24 →	Meridian		"Meridian" "Meridian" "Meridian" (fdc) "Meridian" (fdc)
NigComSat-1	Nigeria	2007-05-13	NigComSat-1		"NigComSat-1" (but JCSat-14 depicted)
Raduga-1M-1	Russia	2007-12-09	Raduga-M1	Raduga-1M-1 Raduga-1M-1 Raduga-1M-1
Ciel-2	Canada	2008-12-10	Ciel-2
Venesat-1 / Simon Bolivar	Venezuela	2008-10-29	Venesat-1	Venesat-1 Venesat-1	"Simon Bolivar" "Simon Bolivar" (variation)
SkyTerra-1 (formerly MSV-1)	Canada-USA	2010-11-14	SkyTerra-1
PakSat-1R	Pakistan	2011-08-11	PakSat-1R PakSat-1R		"PakSat-1R" (but GIOVE-A depicted) PakSat-1R (at lower-middle and upper-right of cachet)
Yamal-300K	Russia	2012-11-02	Yamal-300K		"Yamal-300K" "Yamal-300K" "Yamal-300K"
O3b (constellation)	UK (Channel Islands)	2013-06-25 →	O3b O3b-1/12 type O3b-13/20 type	O3b-13/16	"O3b"
Gonets-M5/M6/M7	Russia	2013-09-11	Gonets-M		"Gonets-M" "Gonets-M"
Athena-Fidus	France-Italy	2014-02-06	Athena-Fidus	Athena-Fidus (with ABS-2 or Koreasat-8)
TürkmenÄlem-52E / MonacoSat-1	Turkmenistan	2015-04-27	TürkmenÄlem-52E	TürkmenÄlem-52E	"MonacoSat" "MonacoSat" "MonacoSat" (fdc) "MonacoSat"
SkyMexico-1	Mexico	2015-05-27	SkyMexico-1	SkyMexico-1 (with DirecTV-15)
LaoSat-1	Laos	2015-11-20	LaoSat-1		LaoSat-1 LaoSat-1 LaoSat-1 LaoSat-1 (fdc)
Belintersat-1 / BelarusSat-1 / ZX-15 / ChinaSat-15	Belarus-China/PRC	2016-01-15	Belintersat-1		"Belintersat-1" "Belintersat-1" (fdc) "Belintersat-1" Belintersat-1
BRIsat	Indonesia	2016-06-18	BRIsat	BRIsat (with EchoStar-18)	"BRIsat" "BRIsat"
BY70-1	China/PRC	2016-12-28	BY70-1	BY70-1
SkyBrasil-1 / Intelsat-32e	Brazil	2017-02-14	Intelsat-32e	SkyBrasil-1 (with Telkom-3S)
SGDC-1	Brazil	2017-05-04	SGDC-1	SGDC-1 (with Koreasat-7)
BulgariaSat-1	Bulgaria	2017-06-23	BulgariaSat-1	BulgariaSat "BulgariaSat-1" (SES-11 launch cover back)
D-Star-One [failed]	Germany	2017-11-28	D-Star-One	D-Star-One (with Meteor-M2-1)
Alcomsat-1	Algeria	2017-12-10	Alcomsat-1 Alcomsat-1 Alcomsat-1		Alcomsat-1 (front) Alcomsat-1 (back) Alcomsat-1 (front, different hologram) "Alcomsat-1" Alcomsat-1
Bangabandhu-1	Bangladesh	2018-05-11	Bangabandhu-1	Bangabandhu-1	Bangabandhu-1
SaudiGeoSat-1 / HellasSat-4	Greece-Saudi Arabia	2019-02-05	HellasSat-4	HellasSat	HellasSat
Nusantara-1 / PSN-6	Indonesia	2019-02-22	Nusantara-1	Nusantara-1 (with S5)
OneWeb (constellation)	UK (Channel Islands)	2019-02-27 →	OneWeb		"OneWeb" "OneWeb" "OneWeb"