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This page contains philatelic information on Satcom (SATellite COMmunications) series. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Satcom is also known as RCA Satcom, in recognition of these spacecraft being built by RCA Astro Electronics Division for operation by RCA Americom.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Satcom | Satcom | Satcom |
| Satcom (on other than Satcom launch covers) |
Below is a list of Satcom-series postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Satcom | ||||
| Central African Republic | 815 (Mi1237A) i815 (Mi1237B) | Imperforate | 1986 | Satcom-1 |
| Central African Republic | 815a (BL390A) i815a (BL390B) | On stamp of SS1 (815) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i815) | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2818-2821 fdc (Mi2865-2868 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (multi-color printed cachet), also back | 1997 | Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type |
| Congo (Republic) | Unknown c (Mi none) Unknown ic | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2015 | Satcom-C1 launch ("20 Nov 1990" date in text) |
| Congo (Republic) | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Congo (Republic) | Unknown ms proof | MS4 proof | ||
| Djibouti | C165a (BL71A) iC165a (BL71B) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (C165) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (iC165) | 1982 | Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type (except should have two-panel solar arrays without flaps rather than the three-panel arrays with flaps as drawn) |
| Great Britain | 1375a+1377a fdc (Mi1337-1340 fdc) | (Cotswold Covers/BPCPA) cachet on FDC, also annotated cachet | 1991 | Satcom-K1/K2 type (or Astra-1A) |
| Guinea Republic | 950 (Mi1063A) i950 (Mi1063B) | 1985 | Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type | |
| Guinea Republic | 950a (BL173A) i950a (BL173B) | On stamp of SS1 (950) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i950) | ||
| Guinea Republic | 1019 (Mi1136A) i1019 (Mi1136B) | 1986 | Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type | |
| Guinea Republic | 1019a (BL243A) i1019a (BL243B) | On stamp of SS1 (1019) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i1019) | ||
| Guinea Republic | 1182A (Mi1325) | 1019 overprinted in silver | 1991 | Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type |
| Libya | 1403 (Mi1868) | 1991 | (small) Satcom-1 | |
| Romania | None | Printed stamp on postal card | 2001 | (possible) Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 1839b_ss1 (BL?) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (1839b) (Mi3485) | 2008 | "Satcom-C4" |
| United States | None | (RCA) cachet on cover | 1978 | [#13] Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type |
| United States | 1919a fdc (Mi1481-1488 fdc) | (RCA) cachet on FDC, also annotated | 1981 | Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type |
| Yugoslavia | 2097 (Mi2477) | 1991 | Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type (but drawn with three sections in each solar array rather than two) | |
Below is a list of Satcom-series launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| 1975-12-12: Satcom-1 | ||||
| United States | 1975-12-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet on cover | Satcom-1 launch |
| United States | 1975-12-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney purple) cachet on cover | Satcom-1 launch |
| United States | 1975-12-12 | Patrick AFB, FL (hand cancel) | (Whitney purple) cachet on cover | Satcom-1 launch |
| United States | 1975-12-12 | Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel) | (Whitney purple) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back | Satcom-1 launch |
| United States | 1975-12-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Blue and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Satcom-1 launch |
| United States | 1975-12-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Satcom-1 launch |
| United States | 1975-12-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Satcom-1 launch |
| 1976-03-26: Satcom-2 | ||||
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage green and blue) cachet on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage purple and blue) cachet on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (RCA) cachet on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC STDN blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS ser.76/5 no.236) cachet on cover, also back | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet (and signature) on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney green) cachet on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-03-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Havekotte blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Satcom-2 launch |
| 1979-12-07: Satcom-3 [partial failure] | ||||
| United States | 1979-12-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Satcom-3 launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1979-12-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney cyan and black) cachet (and signature) on cover | Satcom-3 launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1979-12-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Havekotte blue and red comsat and rocket rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Satcom-3 launch [partial failure] (but Westar-1/2/3 type or similar depicted with a rocket2) |
| 1981-11-20: Satcom-3R | ||||
| United States | 1981-11-19 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Satcom-3R launch |
| United States | 1981-11-19 | Greenbelt MD | (NASA GSFC blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Satcom-3R launch |
| United States | 1981-11-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney magenta) cachet on cover | Satcom-3R launch |
| United States | 1981-11-19 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Whitney magenta) cachet on (airmail) cover | Satcom-3R launch |
| United States | 1981-11-19 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Whitney magenta and blue) cachet (and signature) on cover | Satcom-3R launch |
| United States | 1981-11-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Havekotte purple and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Satcom-3R launch |
| 1982-01-16: Satcom-4 | ||||
| United States | 1982-01-15 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Satcom-4 launch |
| United States | 1982-01-15 | Greenbelt MD | (NASA GSFC blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Satcom-4 launch |
| United States | 1982-01-15 | Patrick AFB, FL (inverted) | (Whitney orange) cachet on cover | Satcom-4 launch |
| United States | 1982-01-15 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Blue printed) cachet on cover | Satcom-4 launch |
| United States | 1982-01-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Satcom-4 launch |
| 1982-10-28: Satcom-5 / Aurora-1 | ||||
| United States | 1982-10-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Satcom-5 launch (also "Satcom-2R" in text) |
| United States | 1982-10-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney blue) cachet on cover | Satcom-5 launch |
| United States | 1982-10-27 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney blue) cachet on cover | Satcom-5 launch |
| United States | 1982-10-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Satcom-5 launch (Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type depicted) |
| United States | 1982-10-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Satcom-5 launch (Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type depicted) |
| 1983-04-11: Satcom-1R | ||||
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney blue) cachet on cover | Satcom-1R launch |
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney blue and black) cachet on cover | Satcom-1R launch |
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Whitney blue) cachet on postal card | Satcom-1R launch |
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Whitney blue) cachet on (airmail) cover | Satcom-1R launch |
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (RCA sticker) cachet on cover | Satcom-1R launch |
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Waimea HI | (RCA sticker) cachet on (airmail) cover | Satcom-1R launch |
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (DuBeau? green and black and brown rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Satcom-1R launch |
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (DuBeau? green and black and brown rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Satcom-1R launch |
| United States | 1983-04-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Satcom-1R launch |
| 1983-09-08: Satcom-2R | ||||
| United States | 1983-09-08 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney blue and purple) cachet on cover | Satcom-2R launch |
| United States | 1983-09-08 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney blue and purple, no date-time stamp) cachet on cover | Satcom-2R launch |
| 1985-11-26: Satcom-Ku2 (and Morelos-2 and Aussat-A2 and OEX-Target deployed by STS-31 (61B)) | ||||
| United States | 1985-11-26 | Greenbelt MD | (Greenbelt STDN Station black rubber-stamp) cachet (and signatures) on cover | STS-61B launch |
| United States | 1985-11-26 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | STS-61B launch |
| United States | 1985-11-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Orange and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-61B launch |
| United States | 1985-11-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-61B launch |
| United States | 1985-11-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-61B launch |
| Australia | 1985-11-27 | Tharwa ACT | (Canberra DSCC green printed) cachet on cover | STS-61B launch |
| United States | 1985-11-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano silk) cachet (different) on cover | Aussat-A2 deployed; Morelos-2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-27 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | Aussat-A2 deployed; Morelos-2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Aussat-A2 deployed; Morelos-2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club) cachet (different) on cover | Aussat-A2 deployed; Morelos-2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-27 | Houston TX | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | Aussat-A2 deployed; Morelos-2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Aussat-A2 deployed; Morelos-2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-27 1985-06-17 | Houston TX Houston TX | (SCCS) cachet on cover | Aussat-A2 deployed; Morelos-2 deployed STS-51G launch; Morelos-1 deployed |
| Australia | 1985-11-28 | French's Forest NSW | (Purple rubber-stamp and black printed) cachet on cover | Aussat-A2 deployed; Morelos-2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | Satcom-Ku2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-28 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Satcom-Ku2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-28 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet (and signature) on cover | Satcom-Ku2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Satcom-Ku2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-11-28 | Houston TX | (Tan and black printed) cachet on cover | Satcom-Ku2 deployed |
| United States | 1985-12-03 | Edwards AFB, CA | (SSC) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-61B landing |
| United States | 1985-12-03 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Mission patch) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-61B landing |
| United States | 1985-12-03 | Edwards CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-61B landing |
| Satcom-Ku1 (pre-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 1985-12-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Zaso silk/IASP no.125) cachet on cover | STS-61C pre-launch: launch "canceled" |
| 1986-01-12: Satcom-Ku1 (deployed by STS-32 (61C)) | ||||
| United States | 1986-01-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-61C launch; Satcom-Ku1 deployed |
| United States | 1986-01-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Zaso silk/IASP no.126) cachet on cover | STS-61C launch; Satcom-Ku1 deployed |
| United States | 1986-01-12 | Houston TX | (SCCS) cachet on cover | STS-61C launch; Satcom-Ku1 deployed |
| United States | 1986-01-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | STS-61C launch; Satcom-Ku1 deployed |
| United States | 1986-01-12 | Waimea HI | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-61C launch; Satcom-Ku1 deployed |
| United States | 1986-01-12 | Houston TX | (Grey-green printed) cachet on cover | STS-61C launch; Satcom-Ku1 deployed (Leasat/Syncom-4 depicted) |
| United States | 1986-01-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Purple and gold rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-61C launch |
| United States | 1986-01-12 1986-01-18 | Cape Canaveral FL Edwards AFB, CA | (Black printed) cachet on cover | STS-61C launch; Satcom-Ku1 deployed (manipulator arm and fantasy telescope1 depicted) STS-61C landing |
| United States | 1986-01-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Zaso silk/IASP no.127) cachet on cover | STS-61C crew |
| United States | 1986-01-18 | Edwards CA | (Brown printed) cachet on cover | STS-61C landing |
| United States | 1986-01-18 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-61C landing |
| United States | 1986-01-18 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Zaso silk/IASP no.128) cachet on cover | STS-61C landing |
| United States | 1986-01-23 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Colombia arrives back at KSC after the STS-61C mission |
| 1990-11-20: Satcom-C1 (and GStar-4) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1990-11-20 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Satcom-C1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-11-20 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Satcom-C1 launch |
| 1991-05-29: Satcom-C5 / Aurora-2 | ||||
| United States | 1991-05-29 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Carsten Fuchs/Ken Havekotte) cachet on cover | Satcom-C5 (Aurora-2) launch |
| United States | 1991-05-29 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | Satcom-C5 (Aurora-2) launch |
| 1992-09-10: Satcom-C3 (and Hispasat-1A) | ||||
| France | 1991-09-09 | Paris Victor Hugo | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Satcom-C3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1991-09-10 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Satcom-C3 launch ("Satcom-C4" in text) |
| French Guiana | 1991-09-10 | Kourou | (KPS) cachet on card | Satcom-C3 launch |
| Satcom (on other than Satcom launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission patch/RCA) cachet on STS-8 and Insat-1B launch cover | "Satcom Satellite Communications Network" |
| United States | 1985-03-12 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Blue and red printed) cachet on Geosat-1 launch cover | Satcom-K1/K2 type (with antenna hidden below the body); Satcom-1/2/3/3R/4 type |
1An fantasy-design telescope somewhat similar to Chandra/CXO is depicted in an early-design stage, most likely due to the pre-launch date of these items, when the design was not finalized. A good example of this satellite is found on Chad 435.
2The rocket in this cachet is based on a Whitney-design cachet as found on covers such as this GOES-1_cover; the comsat design is similar to that of the Westar-1/2/3 type or Palapa-A1/A2 type or Anik-A1/A2 type satellites, all of which are essentially identical.
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