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This page contains philatelic information on the Skynet (SKY NETwork) series satellites. 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.
| 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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| Skynet (UK armed forces) | Skynet (UK armed forces) | Skynet (UK armed forces) |
| Skynet (on other than Skynet launch covers) |
Below is a list of Skynet-series satellite 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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| Skynet (UK armed forces) | ||||
| France | None1+label1 | On label with (Historiaphil) private post stamp | 2012 | Skynet-5D launch (also launch date) |
| France | None2+label2 | On label (different) with (Historiaphil) private post stamp (different) | ||
| France | None6+label2 | On label (same) with (Historiaphil) private post stamp (different) | ||
| France | None3+label3 | On label (different) with (Historiaphil) private post stamp (different) | ||
| France | None4+label4 | On label (different) with (Historiaphil) private post stamp (different) | ||
| France | None5+label5 | On label (different) with (Historiaphil) private post stamp (different) | ||
| Great Britain | 1133-1136 fdc (Mi1060-1063 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel and (RAF?) cachet on FDC | 1986 | "Skynet-4A communications satellite"; also Space Shuttle, but there is no connection to the Skynet series) |
| Great Britain | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | ||
| Guinea Republic | 2252 (BL837A) i2252 (BL837B) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2003 | Skynet-4 (but "Arabsat-3A" in text) |
| Isle of Man (Great Britain) | 984 (Mi1036-1037) | Strip of 2 (984 (a-b)) | 2003 | "Loral Skynet" [company] (but "Telstar-1" and "Telstar-8" depicted) |
| Isle of Man (Great Britain) | 981-984 fdc | One of four strips of 2 on FDC | ||
| Korea (North) | 4394 (BL600) | In (upper-right) margin of MS4 (4394 (a-d)) | 2004 | Skynet-5 |
| Madagascar | 1539e (Mi2495) i1539e | One of MS6 (1539 (a-f)) (Mi2491-2496) One of imperforate MS6 (i1539 (a-f)) | 2000 | "Skynet-4B" |
| Madagascar | 1539 proof | On one of imperforate proof MS6 | ||
| Madagascar | 1539 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown e (Mi?) Unknown ie | One stamp and in (upper-left) margin of MS9 (a-i) One stamp and in (upper-left) margin of imperforate MS9 (a-i) | 2007 | "Skynet"-5 |
| Mozambique | Unknown e fdc Unknown ie fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC Imperforate stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS9 on FDC Imperforate MS9 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown iss (BL?) | On stamp of imperforate SS1 | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown iss fdc | Imperforate SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown ss (BL?) Unknown iss | On stamp of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1 | 2007 | Skynet-5 |
| Mozambique | Unknown ss proof1 | SS1 progressive proof (blue) | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown ss proof2 | SS1 progressive proof (grey) | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown ss proof3 | SS1 progressive proof (magenta) | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown ss proof4 | SS1 progressive proof (yellow) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2005 | Skynet-5 |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss fdc | Two SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss fdc | Two SS1 on FDC (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss fdc | Two SS1 on FDC (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss fdc | Two SS1 on FDC (different) | ||
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "Skynet-5D" |
Below is a list of Skynet-series satellite 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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| Skynet (UK armed forces) | ||||
| 1969-11-22: Skynet-1A | ||||
| United States | 1969-11-21 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Carlos Altgelt blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also cachet detail | Skynet-1A launch; (but tiny Intelsat-2 depicted) |
| United States | 1969-11-21 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Orange sticker) cachet on cover | Skynet-1A launch |
| United States | 1969-11-21 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | Skynet-1A launch |
| United States | 1969-11-21 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney blue and red) cachet on cover | Skynet-1A launch |
| United States | 1969-11-21 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Blue printed, based on a Sokalsky design) cachet on cover | Skynet-1A launch |
| United States | 1969-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney blue and red) cachet on cover | Skynet-1A launch |
| United States | 1969-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | Skynet-1A launch |
| United States | 1969-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Skynet-1A launch |
| United States | 1969-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Swanson/DuBeau? magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-1A launch |
| United States | 1969-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Skynet-1A launch |
| Skynet-1A (events) | ||||
| United States | 1970-07-24 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | "drifting towards its final station in space above the Indian Ocean" ("Skynet #2" (Skynet-1B) in text is an error, since it was launched almost a month after the date of this cover) |
| 1970-08-19: Skynet-1B | ||||
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.14) cachet on (airmail) cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney magenta and blue) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney magenta and blue) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney red and cyan) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover, also insert | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover, also insert | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Carlos Altgelt purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also cachet detail | Skynet-1B launch; (but tiny Intelsat-2 depicted) |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Carlos Altgelt blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also cachet detail | Skynet-1B launch; (but tiny Intelsat-2 depicted) |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Swanson/DuBeau? blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| 1974-01-19: Skynet-2A [partial failure] | ||||
| United States | 1974-01-18 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Skynet-2A launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1974-01-18 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet (and signature) on cover | Skynet-2A launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1974-01-18 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Skynet-2A launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1974-01-18 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover | Skynet-2A launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1974-01-18 | Merritt Island FL | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-2A launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1974-01-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Skynet-2A launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1974-01-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on cover | Skynet-2A launch [partial failure] |
| United States | 1974-01-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney green and purple) cachet on cover | Skynet-2A launch [partial failure] |
| 1974-11-23: Skynet-2B | ||||
| South Africa | 1974-11-22 | Kenmare | (NASA purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS ser.74/8 no.236) cachet on cover, also back | Skynet-2B launch; also "Skynet-1" |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC STDN blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Satellite Beach FL | (Whitney cyan and magenta) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney cyan and magenta) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Greenbelt MD | (Marconi Space & Defence Systems Ltd.) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Marconi Space & Defence Systems Ltd.) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA-KSC magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA-KSC magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Meritt Island FL | (NASA-KSC magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-22 | Meritt Island FL | (NASA-KSC magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| Great Britain | 1974-11-23 | London | (Marconi Space & Defence Systems Ltd.) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-23 | Cape Canaveral FL | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| United States | 1974-11-23 | Agana, Guam | (NASA communications network black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Skynet-2B launch |
| 1990-01-01: Skynet-4A (and JSCsat-2) | ||||
| United States | 1989-12-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | Skynet-4A launch |
| United States | 1989-12-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (British Aerospace) cachet on (airmail) cover | Skynet-4A launch |
| United States | 1989-12-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Cyan printed and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-4A launch |
| United States | 1989-12-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Black sticker and black typed) cachet on (airmail) cover | Skynet-4A launch |
| 1988-12-11: Skynet-4B (and Astra-1A) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (CPK red and black and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (CPK red and black and green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (Space Medal Cover) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (MBB-ERNO Philatelie) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (CPK red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (CPK) cachet on card | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (Aérosptatiale Philatélie) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (CPK?) cachet on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (CPK) cachet (different) on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (Association philatélique du CNES) cachet on cover, also back | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-12-10 | Kourou | (Association philatélique du CNES) cachet (different) on cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| Gabon | 1988-12-11 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| Germany (West) | 1988-12-11 | none | (Black printed) cachet on launch card | Skynet-4B launch |
| 1990-08-30: Skynet-4C (and Eutelsat-2-F1) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (CPK? green and black rubber-stamp) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch (but Meteosat depicted) |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (Multi-color printed) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (CPK printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (CPK rubber-stamp) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (CPK rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (CPK printed) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (CPK printed) cachet (different) on launch card | Skynet-4B launch; also "Skynet-4A" |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (CPK printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (MBB/ERNO) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (Aérospatiale) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du CNES)1 cachet on launch cover, also back | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du CNES)1 cachet (different) on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du CNES)1 cachet (different) on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (CPK? green printed and red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 1990-08-30 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on launch cover | Skynet-4B launch |
| 1999-02-26: Skynet-4E (and Arabsat-3A) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1999-02-26 | Kourou | (KPS) cachet on cover | Skynet-4E launch |
| French Guiana | 1999-02-26 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Skynet-4E launch |
| French Guiana | 1999-02-26 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du CNES)2 cachet on cover | Skynet-4E launch |
| French Guiana | 1999-02-26 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du CNES)2 cachet (different) on cover | Skynet-4E launch |
| French Guiana | 1999-02-26 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du CNES)2 cachet (different) on cover | Skynet-4E launch |
| French Guiana | 1999-02-26 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Skynet-4E launch |
| Gabon | 1999-02-27 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Skynet-4E launch |
| 2001-02-07: Skynet-4F (and SICRAL-1) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2001-02-07 | Kourou | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | Skynet-4F launch |
| French Guiana | 2001-02-07 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SNECMA) cachet on cover | Skynet-4F launch |
| French Guiana | 2001-02-07 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Skynet-4F launch |
| French Guiana | 2001-02-07 | Kourou | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | Skynet-4F launch |
| Gabon | 2001-02-08 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Skynet-4F launch |
| 2007-03-11: Skynet-5A (and Insat-4B) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2007-03-11 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Skynet-5A launch |
| French Guiana | 2007-03-11 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Skynet-5A launch |
| 2007-11-14: Skynet-5B (and StarOne-C1) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2007-11-14 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Skynet-5B launch |
| French Guiana | 2007-11-14 | Kourou (pictorial cancel) | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | Skynet-5B launch |
| French Guiana | 2007-11-14 | Kourou (text cancel) | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | Skynet-5B launch |
| French Guiana | 2007-11-14 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Skynet-5B launch |
| 2008-06-12: Skynet-5C (and Turksat-3A) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2008-06-12 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Skynet-5C launch (but FR-1 depicted) |
| French Guiana | 2008-06-12 | Kourou (text cancel) | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | Skynet-5C launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-06-12 | Kourou (pictorial cancel) | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | Skynet-5C launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-06-12 | Kourou (pictorial cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Skynet-5C launch |
| 2012-12-19: Skynet-5D (and MexSat-3) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2012-12-19 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Skynet-5D launch |
| French Guiana | 2012-12-19 | Kourou (pictorial cancel) | (Historiaphil) cachet on cover | Skynet-5D launch |
| French Guiana | 2012-12-19 | Kourou (text cancel) | (Historiaphil) cachet on cover | Skynet-5D launch |
| Skynet (on other than Skynet launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1976-04-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on NATO-3A launch cover | "interoperable with ... British Skynet Satellite Systems" |
| United States | 1976-04-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on NATO-3A launch cover | |
| United States | 1984-09-01 | Houston TX | (Zaso silk/IASP no.80) cachet on STS-41D and Telstar-3C and Leasat-F1 and SBS-4 event cover | mis-named "Skynet" |
1From a packet of three covers for the Ariane V38 launch, also back.
2From a packet of three covers for the Ariane V116 launch.
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