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 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-1A
Courier-1B	1960-10-04	Courier-1B	Courier-1B Courier-1B	"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 Telstar Telstar Telstar Telstar Telstar Telstar-1	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

¹There is disagreement among various sources on whether this should be called Telstar-3D or Telstar-3B!

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 Syncom-1 Syncom Syncom	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
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-4-4 / Leasat-F4 [STS-51I/Discovery-deployed]	1985-08-29
Syncom-4-5 / Leasat-F5 [STS-32R/Columbia-deployed]	1990-01-09

(Selected) 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), 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 / NSS-K (like Astra-1B, ex Satcom-K4)	1992-06-10	Intelsat-K
Intelsat-7 series (1 — 5, and 9)	1993-10-22 — 1996-06-15	Intelsat-7 Intelsat-7 (patch)	Intelsat-7 series	Intelsat-5+7 and later 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	Insat
Intelsat-9 series (1 — 7)	2001-06-09 — 2003-02-15	Intelsat-9	Intelsat-5+7 and later series	Intelsat-5+7 and later series
Intelsat-10-1	Canceled
Intelsat-10-2	2004-06-16	Intelsat-10-2
Intelsat-11 / Panamsat-11	2007-10-05	Panamsat-11
Intelsat-12 / formerly Panamsat-12 / formerly EuropeStar-1	2009-10-29	EuropeStar-1
Intelsat-1W / Thor-6	2009-10-29	Thor-6
Intelsat-15	2009-11-30	Intelsat-15
Intelsat-16 / formerly Panamsat-11R	2010-02-12	Intelsat-16
Intelsat-28 / New Dawn	2011-04-22	New Dawn
Intelsat-20	2012-08-02	Intelsat-20
Intelsat-23	2012-10-14	Intelsat-23
Intelsat-25 / ProtoStar-1	2008-07-07	ProtoStar-1

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 [STS-51A/Discovery-recovered] / now AsiaSat-1	1984-11-08

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-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-ER2 / formerly Galaxy-3R	1995-12-15
Anik-F1	2000-11-21	Anik-F1
Anik-F1R	200?	Anik-F1R
Anik-F2	2004-07-18	Anik-F2
Anik-F3	2007-04-09	Anik-F3
Anik-G1	2013-04-15	Anik-G1

Indian National Satellite (Insat) series:

(Insat [with meteorological instrumentation] are hightlighted in pale yellow)

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Insat-1A	1982-04-10	Insat Insat-1 Insat-1A	Insat	Insat
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	2000-03-31	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)	2013-08-09	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

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

(Selected) 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, ex Satcom-K3)	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-1K [partial failure]	2002-11-25	Astra-1K
Astra-1KR	2006-04-20	Astra-1KR
Astra-1L	2007-05-05	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-2A
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-5B	2014-03-22	Astra-5B

(Selected) Luxembourg AMeriCom (AMC) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
AMC-4	1999-11-13	AMC-4	AMC	AMC
AMC-18	2006-12-08

(Selected) 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 AAMC-5R)	2011-09-21	SES-2
SES-3 (ex AMC ground spare)	2011-07-15
SES-6	2013-06-03	SES-6
SES-8	2013-12-03	SES-8
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

Norway Thor-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Thor-1 / 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 / Intelsat-1W	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	2006-12-02
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

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

(Selected) ECHO STAR (EchoStar) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
EchoStar-1	1995-12-28	EchoStar-1	EchoStar-1
EchoStar-2	1996-09-11		EchoStar-2
EchoStar-3	1997-10-05	EchoStar-3	EchoStar-3
EchoStar-4	1998-05-07
EchoStar-5	1999-09-23
EchoStar-6	2000-07-14	EchoStar-6
EchoStar-7	2002-02-21
EchoStar-8	2002-08-22	EchoStar-8		Echostar-8 (in cachet)
EchoStar-9 / Telstar-13	2003-08-08		Telstar	Telstar
EchoStar-17	2012-07-05	EchoStar-17	EchoStar-17 (with Meteosat-10)
EchoStar-19	2016-12-18		EchoStar-19
EchoStar-105 / SES-11	2017-10-11	EchoStar-105/SES-11	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	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

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-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

(Selected) 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-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-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

UK 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 / Sirius-1	1989-08-27	Marcopolo-1		"Marcopolo-1" "Marcopolo-1"
Marcopolo-2 / BSB-R2 / Thor-1	1990-08-18

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	DFS
DFS-2 / Kopernikus-2	1990-07-24
DFS-3 / Kopernikus-3 / HellasSat-1	1992-10-12

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-1 Ayame-1
Ayame-2 (ECS-B)	1980-02-22		Ayame-2 Ayame-2 Ayame-2 Ayame-2 (insert)

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

(Selected) 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	2001-07-12
BSat-2c	2003-06-11
BSat-3a	2007-08-14	BSat-3a
BSat-3c / JCSat-110R	2011-08-06	BSat-3c

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

(Selected) Japanese Communications SATellite (JCSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
JCSat-1	1989-03-06	JCSat-1	JCSat-1 (with Meteosat-4)
JCSat-2	1990-01-01		JCSat-2 (with Skynet-4A)
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-9" "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	BSat	BSat
JCSat-14	2016-05-06	JCSat-14	JCSat-14	JCSat-14 (not "NigComSat-1")
JCSat-15	2016-12-21	JCSat-15	JCSat-15 (with StarOne-D1)
JCSat-16	2016-08-14	JCSat-16
JCSat-17	2019-?

Japanese Superbird series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Superbird-A	1989-06-05	Superbird-A	Superbird-A (with DFS-1)
Superbird-A1	1992-12-01
Superbird-B [failed]	1990-02-22		Superbird-B (with Yuri-2x)
Superbird-B1	1992-02-26		Superbird-B1 (with Arabsat-1C)

(Selected) EUropen 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	Eutelsat
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-F2	1991-01-16
Eutelsat-2-F3	1991-12-07
Eutelsat-2-F4	1992-07-10
Eutelsat-2-F5	1994-01-24
Eutelsat-16C / SESAT	2000-04-17	SESAT
Eutelsat-12-West-A / Atlantic Bird-1	2002-08-28
eBird-1 / Eutelsat-33A/31A	2003-09-27	eBird-1
Eutelsat-25B / Es'hail-1	2013-08-29	Eutelsat-25B
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-9B / EDRS-A	2016-01-29	Eutelsat-9B

French TELECOMmunications (Télécom) series satellites:

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

Indonesian TELeKOMmunications (Telkom) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Telkom-1	1999-08-12	Telkom-1		Telkom-1
Telkom-2	2005-11-16	Telkom-2		Telkom-2
Telkom-3	2012-08-06	Telkom-3

(Selected) 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-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	Eutelsat
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 (SatMex) 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	2012-12-29	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-1D
Hispasat-1D	2002-09-18
Hispasat-1E	2012-10-29	Hispasat-1E
Hispasat-AG1 / Hispasat 36W-1	2017-01-28	Hispasat-AG1
Hispasat-1F / Hispasat 30W-6	2018-03-06	Hispasat-1F

(Selected) 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

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

(Selected) Malaysia East Asia SATellite (Measat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Measat-1 / Africasat-1	1996-01-13	Measat-1	Measat	Measat
Measat-2 / 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-5 / iPStar-1 / Thaicom-4	2005-08-11	iPStar-1

(Selected) 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-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

(Selected) 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	201x-?	Turksat-5A
Turksat-6A	2020-?	Turksat-6A

(Selected) 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 / 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-10 (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 / Intelsat-11	2007-10-05	Panamsat-11	Intelsat-5+7 and later series	Intelsat-5+7 and later series
Panamsat-12 / Intelsat-12 / formerly EuropeStar-1	2009-10-29	EuropeStar-1
Panamsat-11R / 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
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-1 (with Télécom-1B)
GStar-2	1986-03-28		GStar-2 (with Brasilsat-A2)
GStar-3	1988-09-08		GStar-3 (with SBS-5)
GStar-4	1990-11-20		GStar-4 (with Satcom-C1)

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-4 (SBS-D) [STS-41D/Discovery-deployed]	1984-08-30
SBS-5	1988-09-08
SBS-6	1990-10-12	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 / USA-137	1998-01-29
SDS-3-2 / Quasar-13 / USA-155	2000-12-06
SDS-3-3 / Quasar-14 / USA-162	2001-10-11
SDS-3-4 / Quasar-15 / USA-179	2004-08-31
SDS-3-5 / Quasar-16 / 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	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-C1	1990-11-20
Satcom-C2	Canceled
Satcom-C5	1991-05-29	Satcom-C5
Satcom-C4	1992-08-31
Satcom-C3	1992-09-10

(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	1999-05-05	Orion-3

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

(Selected) Galaxy-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Galaxy-1	1983-06-28	Galaxy-1	Galaxy	Galaxy
Galaxy-2	1983-09-22
Galaxy-3	1984-09-21
Galaxy-4	1993-06-25	Galaxy-4
Galaxy-5	1992-03-13
Galaxy-6	1990-10-12
Galaxy-7	1992-10-28
Galaxy-3R (Galaxy-8, now Anik-ER2)	1995-12-15	Galaxy-3R	Anik / Telesat	Anik / Telesat
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-13 / Panamsat-9 / Galaxy-3C	2002-06-15	Galaxy-3C	Galaxy	Galaxy
Galaxy-12	2003-04-09	Galaxy-12
Galaxy-15	2005-10-13
Galaxy-17	2007-05-05
Galaxy-19 / Intelsat Americas-9	2008-09-24	Galaxy-19

(Selected) Global Star (Globalstar) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Globalstar-1/2/3/4	1998-02-14			"Globalstar-2" "Globalstar-11/16" "Globalstar-2" "Globalstar-2"
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	Globalstar-6+8+14+15

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

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
DFH-1	1970-04-23	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

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-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	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-1	APStar-1
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-1	APStar-1
APStar-7	2012-03-31	APStar-7
APStar-9	2015-10-16	APStar-9

(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	Spacenet
ChinaSat-5R / formerly Spacenet-2	1984-11-10
ChinaSat-20 / ZX-20 / ST-1	2003-11-14		ChinaSat	ChinaSat
ChinaSat-22A / ZX-22A / FH-18	2006-09-12
ChinaSat-9 / ZX-9	2008-06-09	ZX-9

China/PRC Asia Broadcasting Satellite series:

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

(Selected) Indian Geostationary SATellite (GSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
GSat-1 (GramSat)	2001-04-18	GSat-1
GSat-2	2003-08-05	GSat-2
GSat-3 (EduSat)	2004-09-20	GSat-3		"Endusat" (EduSat) "GSat-3" "GSat-3"
GSat-4 (HealthSat) [failed]	2010-04-15	GSat-4
GSat-5 (Insat-4D)	20xx-?	Insat-4D	Insat	Insat
GSat-6 (Insat-4E)	201x-?	Insat-4E
GSat-7 (Insat-4F)	2013-08-09	Insat-4F
GSat-8 (Insat-4G)	2011-05-20	GSat-8 Insat-4G
GSat-10	2012-09-28	GSat-10	GSat-10 (with Astra-2F)
GSat-15	2015-11-10	GSat-15	GSat-15 (with Arabsat-6B)
GSat-17	2017-06-28	GSat-17	GSat-17 (with HellasSat-3)
GSat-18	2016-10-05	GSat-18	GSat-18 (with SkyMuster-2)

THAIland COMmunicaions (Thaicom) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Thaicom-1	1994-12-18	Thaicom-1	Thaicom	Thaicom
Thaicom-2	1994-10-08
Thaicom-3	1997-04-17	Thaicom-5
Thaicom-5	2006-05-27
Thaicom-4 / iPStar-1 / Measat-5	2005-08-11	iPStar-1
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

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-c"
N-Star-d / JCSat-9 (JCSat-5a)	2006-04-12	JCSat-9

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-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

Russian Molniya-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Molniya-1 series (1-1 — 1-31)	1965-04-23 — 1975-09-02	Molniya-1 Molniya-1 Molniya-1 Molniya-1 Molniya-1	Molniya	Molniya
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 depiction)
AMOS-5	2011-12-11	AMOS-5
AMOS-6 [destroyed]	2016-09-01	AMOS-6

KAZakhstan SATellite (KazSat) series:

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

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

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-E14 / USA-43	1989-09-04
DSCS-3-A2 / USA-44	1989-09-04
DSCS-3-B14 / USA-78	1992-02-11

(Selected) 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

Europen HIghLy Adaptable Satellite (HYLAS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
HYLAS-1	2010-11-26	HYLAS-1		"HYLAS-Ariane" "HYLAS-1" "HYLAS-1" "HYLAS-1"
HYLAS-2	2012-08-02	HYLAS-2		"Hylas-2"
HYLAS-3 / EDRS-C	2019-?	HYLAS-3

Sirius XM-radio series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
XM-1 / Roll	2001-08-05	XM-1		"XM satellite" "XM-1" "XM-1" "XM-1"
XM-2 / Rock	2001-03-18
XM-3 / Rhythm	2005-03-01	XM-4
XM-4 / Blues	2006-10-30		XM-4
XM-5	2010-10-14	XM-5

(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

(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 / GEOSAT	2011-12-11	Luch-5A
Luch-5B	2012-11-02	Luch-5B
Luch-5V / GEOSAT	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-1" "Arsat-1" "ArSat-1" "ArSat-1" "ArSat-1"
Arsat-2	2015-09-30	Arsat-2

KOREA SATellite (Koreasat) / Mugungwha series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Koreasat-1 / Mugungwha-1 [failed]	1995-08-05	Koreasat-1	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	2014-02-06	Koreasat-8

(Selected) ORBital COMMunications (Orbcomm) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Orbcomm-X	1991-07-17	Orbcomm-X	Orbcomm-X (with ERS-1 and OSCAR-22)
Orbcomm-FM05/12	1997-12-23	Orbcomm-FM	Orbcomm-FM05/12 (Bob Boyd cachet)
Orbcomm-FM03/04	1998-02-10		Orbcomm-FM03/04 (with GFO)
Orbcomm-FM105/119	2015-12-21		Orbcomm-FM105/119

(Selected) 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

Other (selected) US communications satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SCORE / Chatterbox	1958-12-18	SCORE	SCORE SCORE	SCORE (launch)1 SCORE (launch)1 SCORE (launch)1 SCORE (launch)1 "SCORE"
Advent	Canceled	Advent
Tacomsat-1 / TacSat-1	1969-02-09	TacSat	Tacomsat-1 Tacomsat-1 Tacomsat-1	"TacSat"
BATSat / Teledesic-T1	1988-02-25	BATSat	BATSat (with Explorer-72)
ACTS [STS-51/Discovery-deployed]	1993-09-12	ACTS	ACTS (with ORFEUS-SPAS-1)	ACTS ACTS
Healthsat-2	1993-09-26	Healthsat-2	Healthsat-2 (with SPOT-3 and OSCAR-25/28)
MUBLCOM	1999-05-18	MUBLCOM	MUBLCOM (with Explorer-76)
AfriStar	1999-10-28	AfriStar		"AfriStar" "AfriStar"
PCSat-1 / OSCAR-44	2001-08-31	OSCAR-44 OSCAR-44	PCSat-1 / OSCAR-44
DirectTV-4S	2001-11-27	DirectTV-4S		"DirectTV-4S" "DirectTV-4S" "DirectTV-4S" "DirectTV-4S" "DirectTV-4S" "DirectTV-4S"
Syracuse-3A	2005-10-15	Syracuse-3	Syracuse-3A (with Galaxy-15)
WildBlue-1	2006-12-08	WildBlue-1	WildBlue-1 (with AMC-18)
TacSat-2	2006-12-16	TacSat-2
Spaceway-3	2007-04-18	Spaceway	Spaceway-3 (with BSat-3a)
ProtoStar-1 / Intelsat-25	2008-07-07	ProtoStar-1
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
MUOS-1	2012-02-24	MUOS-1
MUOS-2	2013-07-19			"MUOS-2"

¹The Atlas-B launch rocket, without its booster engines, constituted the SCORE satellite. It is depicted in the upper part of the stamp.

Other (selected) non-US communications satellites:

Satellite	Country	Launch Date	Images
			reference	launch covers	other postal items
CTS-A (CAS-C) / Hermes	USA / Canada	1976-01-17	CTS	CTS CTS CTS CTS
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)	"APPLE"
Potok / Gezier (series)	Russia	1982-05-17 →	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
AMSC-1 / MSat-2	USA / Canada	1995-04-07	AMSC-1	MSat-2 ("MSat-1")	AMSC-1 "AMSC-1" "AMSC-1" "AMSC-1" AMSC-1
Gonets (series)	Russia	1996-02-19 — 2001-12-28	Gonets-D1		"Gonets-D1" "Gonets" "Gonets"
AMSC-2 / MSat-1	USA / Canada	1996-04-20	AMSC-1	MSat-1 MSat-1 (back) MSat-1
Indostar-1 / Calrawarta-1	Indonesia	1997-11-12	Indostar-1		"Indostar-1"
Sinosat (series)	China/PRC	1998-07-18 →	Sinosat-1 Sinosat-2 Sinosat-3	Sinosat	Sinosat
Nimiq-1	Canada	1999-05-20	Nimiq-1		"Nimiq-1" "Nimiq-1" "Nimiq-1"
SESAT / Eutelsat-16C	Russia	2000-04-17	SESAT		"SESAT"
Thuraya-1	United Arab Emirates	2000-10-21	Thuraya		"Thuraya-1" "Thuraya-1" "Thuraya-1"
SICRAL-1	Italy	2001-02-07	SICRAL
ARTEMIS	Europe (ESA)	2001-07-12	ARTEMIS	ARTEMIS ARTEMIS (insert)	"ARTEMIS" (mission) ARTEMIS ARTEMIS
APMT	China/PRC	Canceled	APMT		APMT APMT
Atlantic Bird-1 / Eutelsat-12-West-A	Europe (Eutelsat)	2002-08-28		Atlantic Bird-1 (with MSG-1)
STENTOR [failed]	France (CNES)	2002-12-11	STENTOR		"STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR" "STENTOR"
NSS-6	Netherlands	2002-12-17	NSS-6		"NSS-6" "NSS-6"
AGORA	France (CNES)	Canceled			"Sonde AGORA" "Sonde AGORA"
XTAR-EUR	Spain / USA	2005-02-12	XTAR-EUR	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" "Meridian"
NigComSat-1	Nigeria	2007-05-13	NigComSat-1		"NigComSat-1" (JCSat-1 depicted)
Raduga-1M-1	Russia	2007-12-09	Raduga-M1	Raduga-1M-1 Raduga-1M-1 Raduga-1M-1
Rascom-QAF-1	International	2007-12-21	Rascom-QAF-1		"Rascom-QAF-1" "Rascom-QAF-1" "Rascom-QAF-1"
Vinasat-1	Vietnam	2008-04-18		Vinasat-1
Venesat-1 / Simon Bolivar	Venezuela	2008-10-29	Venesat-1		"Simon Bolivar"
Comsat-Bw-1	Germany	2009-10-01	Comsat-Bw-1	Comsat-Bw-1 (with Amazonas-2)
EuropeStar-1 / Panamsat-12 / Intelsat-12	France / USA	2009-10-29	EuropeStar-1
YahSat-1A	UAE	2011-04-22	YahSat-1A	YahSat-1A (with Intelsat-28)
PakSat-1R	Pakistan	2011-08-11	PakSat-1R		"PakSat-1R"
YahSat-1B	UAE	2012-04-23	YahSat-1B		"YahSat-Y1B" "YahSat-Y1B" "YahSat-1B"
Yamal-300K	Russia	2012-11-02	Yamal-300K		"Yamal-300K" "Yamal-300K" "Yamal-300K"
Azerspace-1 / AfricaSat-1a	Azerbaijan	2013-02-07	Azerspace-1	Azerspace-Africasat-1a (with Amazonas-3)	"Azerspace-1" "Azerspace-1" "Azerspace-1" Azerspace-1 Azerspace-1 Azerspace-1 Azerspace-1
O3b-FM1/FM2/FM4/FM5	UK (Channel Islands)	2013-06-25	O3b		"O3b"
Gonets-M5/M6/M7	Russia	2013-09-11	Gonets-M		"Gonets-M" "Gonets-M"
TürkmenÄlem-52E / MonacoSat-1	Turkmenistan	2015-04-27	TürkmenÄlem-52E	TürkmenÄlem-52E	"MonacoSat"
Belintersat-1 / BelarusSat-1 / ZX-15 / ChinaSat-15	Belarus / China/PRC	2016-01-15	Belintersat-1		"Belintersat-1" "Belintersat-1" "Belintersat-1" Belintersat-1
SkyMuster-2	Australia	2016-10-05	SkyMuster-2	SkyMuster-2 (with GSat-18)
BRIsat	Indonesia	2016-06-18	BRIsat		"BRIsat" "BRIsat"
BY70-1	China/PRC	2016-12-28	BY70-1	BY70-1
BulgariaSat-1	Bulgaria	2017-06-23	BulgariaSat-1	BulgariaSat
OneWeb (constellation)	UK (Channel Islands)	2019-?	OneWeb		"OneWeb" "OneWeb" "OneWeb"

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