List of Spacebus satellites

This is a list of satellites built using the Spacebus satellite bus. All references may be found in the main article Spacebus.

Satellites

Satellite	Operator	Contract signed	Launch (UTC)[1]	Rocket	Launch Site	Mass (kg)	Transponders (NATO/IEEE/ITU)								Longitude	Retirement	Remarks
							B-E	F-K	K-M	E/F	G/H	I/J	J	K
										S	C	X	Ku	Ka
							UHF	SHF	EHF
Arabsat-1A	Arabsat	1981-05-25	1985-02-08 23:22:00	Ariane 3	Kourou ELA-1	1,170				2	25					1991	Graveyard orbit
Arabsat-1B	Arabsat	1981-05-25	1985-06-17 11:33:00	OV-103/PAM-D STS-51-G	Kennedy LC-39A	1,270				2	25					1992-10	Graveyard orbit
Arabsat-1C	Arabsat	1981-05-25	1992-02-26 23:58:10	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	1,360				2	25					2004-10	Graveyard orbit
TV-SAT 1	Bundespost	1982-07-14	1987-11-21 02:19:00	Ariane 2	Kourou ELA-1	2,077							5		19.2°W	1989	Graveyard orbit
TV-SAT 2	Bundespost	1982-07-14	1989-08-08 23:25:53	Ariane 44LP	Kourou ELA-2	2,130							5		19.2°W	1989	Graveyard orbit
TDF-1	TDF	1982-07-14	1988-10-28 02:17:00	Ariane 2	Kourou ELA-1	2,136							5			1995	Graveyard orbit
Tele-X	SSC	1983-10-10	1989-04-02 02:28:00	Ariane 2	Kourou ELA-1	2,142							5			1996	Graveyard orbit
TDF-2	TDF	1985-09-09	1990-07-24 22:25:00	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	2,096							5			1997	Graveyard orbit
Eutelsat II F1	Eutelsat	1986-05-06	1990-08-30 22:46:00	Ariane 44LP	Kourou ELA-2	1,878							16		48°E	1997	Graveyard orbit
Eutelsat II F2	Eutelsat	1986-05-06	1991-01-15 23:10:49	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	1,878							16		12.5°W	2001	Graveyard orbit
Eutelsat II F3	Eutelsat	1986-05-06	1991-12-07 22:47	Atlas II	Canaveral LC-36B	1,674							16		21.5°W	1998	Graveyard orbit
Eutelsat II F4	Eutelsat	1986-06-13	1992-07-09 22:42:19	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	1,877							16		28.5°E	1999	Graveyard orbit
Eutelsat II F5	Eutelsat	1989	1994-01-24 21:37:00	Ariane 44LP	Kourou ELA-2	1,880							16			1994-01-24	Launch failure
Turksat 1A	Türksat	1990	1994-01-24 21:37:00	Ariane 44LP	Kourou ELA-2	1,783							16			1994-01-24	Launch failure
Turksat 1B	Türksat	1990	1994-08-10 23:05:24	Ariane 44LP	Kourou ELA-2	1,418							16		31.3°E	2006	Graveyard orbit
Hot Bird 1	Eutelsat	1990	1995-03-28 23:14:19	Ariane 44LP	Kourou ELA-2	1,800							16			1999	Graveyard orbit
Turksat 1C	Türksat	1994	1996-07-09 22:24:55	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	1,743							16		42°E	2008	Graveyard orbit
Nahuel 1A	Nahuelsat		1997-01-30 22:04:00	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	1,700							18		72°W	2010[2]	Graveyard orbit
GE-5	GE AMC	1990	1998-10-28 22:15:00	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	1,721							16		79°W		ex Nahuel 1B, later AMC-5
Arabsat 2A	Arabsat	1993-04-17	1996-07-09 22:24:55	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	2,500					22		12		26°E
Arabsat 2B	Arabsat	1993-04-17	1996-11-13 22:40:00	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	2,500					22		12		30.5°E
Thaicom 3	Shin	1995-01-16	1997-04-16 23:08:44	Ariane 44LP	Kourou ELA-2	2,650					25		14		78°E	2006-10-02	Graveyard orbit
Sinosat-1	Sinosat	1995-10	1998-07-18 09:20	Long March 3B	Xichang LA-2	2,820					24		14		110.5°W
Thaicom 5	Shin		2006-05-27 21:09	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	2,766					25		14				ex Thaicom 4, Agrani 2
Sirius 2	NSAB	1995-07-05	1997-11-12 12:48	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	2,930							32		4.8°E, 31.5°E	2009-01-16	later Astra 5A
Eutelsat W5	Eutelsat	1995-07-10	2002-11-20 22:39:00	Delta IV-M+ (4,2)	Canaveral SLC-37B	3,170							24		78.5°E		originally ordered as W1
Eutelsat W2	Eutelsat	1995-07-10	1998-10-05 22:51	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	2,950							34		16°E
Eutelsat W6	Eutelsat	1995-07-10	1998-04-12 22:50	Atlas IIAS	Canaveral SLC-36A	3,183							34		21.5°E	1999-04-12	originally ordered as W3
Eutelsat W4	Eutelsat	1995-07-10	2000-05-24 23:10	Atlas IIIA	Canaveral SLC-36B	2,950							31		36°E
Arabsat 3A	Arabsat	1997-11-08	1999-02-26 22:44	Ariane 44L	Kourou ELA-2	2,708							18		26°E		later Badr 3
Hispasat 1C	Hispasat	1997	2000-02-03 23:30	Atlas IIAS	Canaveral SLC-36B	3,113							24		30°W
Eurobird 1	Eutelsat	1999	2001-03-08 23:51	Ariane 5G	Kourou ELA-3	3,050							24		28°E		originally ordered as W1R
Atlantic Bird 2	Eutelsat	2000	2001-09-25 23:21	Ariane 44P	Kourou ELA-2	3,150							26		8°E
Hispasat 1D	Hispasat	2000	2002-09-18 22:04	Atlas IIAS	Canaveral SLC-36A	3,288							28		30°W
COMSATBw-1	Bundeswehr	2006-09-04	2009-10-01 22:00	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	2,560	5	4									in GTO orbit
COMSATBw-2	Bundeswehr	2006-09-04	2010-05-21[3]	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELS	2,560	5	4									-
Stentor	CNES	1994-10-04	2002-12-11 22:22	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	2,080			1				6				Launch failure
Turksat 2A	Türksat	1997	2001-01-10 22:09	Ariane 44P	Kourou ELA-2	3,525							34		42°E		later Eurasiasat 1
Hot Bird 6	Eutelsat	1999	2002-08-21 22:05	Atlas V 401	Canaveral SLC-41	3,905							28	4	13°E
AMC-9	SES AMC	2000	2003-06-06 22:15:15	Proton-K/Briz-M	Baikonur Site 200/39	4,100					24		24		79°W		ex GE-12
Eutelsat 5 West A	Eutelsat	2000	2002-07-05 23:22	Ariane 5G	Kourou ELA-3	4,100					10		35		5°W		previously Stellat 5, Atlantic Bird 3 (AB 3)
Star One C1	Star One	2003-06	2007-11-14 22:06	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	4,100					28	1	16		65°W
Hot Bird 7A	Eutelsat	2003-07	2006-03-11 22:33	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	4,100							38		13°E		later Eurobird 9A
Galaxy 17	Intelsat	2004	2007-05-05 22:29	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	4,100					24		24		74°W
Star One C2	Star One	2005-01	2008-04-18 22:17	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	4,100					28	1	16		70°W
Astra 1K	SES	1997	2002-11-25 23:04:23	Proton-K/DM3	Baikonur Site 81/23	5,250							52	3		2002-12-10	Launch failure
Turksat 3A	Türksat	2006-02-23	2008-06-12 22:05[4]	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	3,060							24		42°E
Thor 6	Telenor	2007-04-24	2009-10-29	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	3,060							36		1°W
Nilesat 201	Nilesat	2008-06-03	2010-08-04	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	3,200							24	4	7°W		In GTO orbit
Athena-Fidus	CNES and ASI	2010-02-10	2014-02-06	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	3,000									-		-
Sicral-2	DGA and Italian Defence Ministry	2010-05-07[5]	2013	-	-	3,000									-		-
Syracuse 3A	DGA	2000	2005-10-13 22:32	Ariane 5GS	Kourou ELA-3	3,725	?	?							47°E
Syracuse 3B	DGA	2004	2006-08-11 22:15	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	3,725	?	?							5.2°E
Rascom-QAF1	RASCOM	2003	2007-12-21 21:41:55	Ariane 5GS	Kourou ELA-3	3,200					8		12		2.85°E		reduced lifespan due to helium leak
Palapa D1	Indosat	2007-06-29	2009-08-31	Long March 3B	Xichang	4,100					35		5		113°E		In GEO orbit
Rascom-QAF1-R	RASCOM	2008	2010-08-04	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	3,200					8		12		2.85°E		In GTO orbit
Koreasat 5	KT		2006-08-22 03:27:01	Zenit-3SL	Odyssey	4,465	8						14	4	113°E
Apstar-6	APT		2005-04-12	Long March 3B	Xichang LA-2	4,680					38		12		134°E
Chinasat-9	MPT	2004-06-11	2008-06-09	Long March 3B	Xichang LA-2	4,500							22		92.2°E
Chinasat-6B	MPT	2005-12-06	2007-07-05	Long March 3B	Xichang LA-2	4,600					38				115.5°E
Apstar-7	APT	2009-09-29	2012-03-31	Long March 3B	Xichang LA-2	4,000					28		28		76.5°E
Apstar-7B	APT	2010-04-27	2012-11-27[6]	Long March 3B	Xichang LA-2	4,000					28		28		76.5°E
TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT	Space Systems International - Monaco (SSI)	2011-11-23	27 April 2015, 23:03 UTC	Falcon 9	Canaveral LC-40	4,500							37		52°E
AMC-12	SES AMC		2005-02-03 02:27:32	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur Site 81/24	4,979					72				37.5°W		Some transponders operated as Astra 4A and Star One C12, to NSS as NSS-10
AMC-23	SES AMC		2005-12-29 02:28:40	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur Site 200/39	4,981					18		20		172°E		ex GE-23
Eutelsat W3B	Eutelsat	2008-02-26	2010-10-28	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou ELA-3	5,400							53	3	7°E		in GTO
Yamal 402	Gazprom	2009-02-05	2012-12-08	Proton-M/Briz-M	-	5,700							46		55°E		Launched in a wrong GTO due to failure of the Briz enfine stopped 4 minutes before the expected end of combustion.[7]
Eutelsat W3C	Eutelsat	2009-03-12	2011-10-7			5,400							56		15°E		Launched
Eutelsat 21B	Eutelsat	2010-06-09	2012-11-10	Ariane 5ECA		5,000							56		21.5°E		Launched[8]
Eutelsat W3D	Eutelsat	2010-10-03	2013-05-14[9]	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur Site 200/39	5,600							56		7°E		Launched
Ciel 2	Ciel	2006-03	2008-12-10 13:43[10]	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur Site 200/39	5,575							32		129°W
Eutelsat W2A	Eutelsat	2006-09	2009-04-03 16:24[11]	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur Site 200/39	5,700				1	10		46		10°E
Eutelsat W7	Eutelsat	2006-12-21	2009-11-24	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur	5,600							70		36°E
Eutelsat-8 West B	Eutelsat	2012-10-11	2015-08-20	Ariane 5ECA	Kourou	5,600						10	40		8°W

See also

• Spacebus

References

1. McDowell, Jonathan (2008-06-27). "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
2. Boado, Gustavo; Nahuys, Hugo (June 2012). "Flying a Crippled Satellite" (PDF) (Paper 1293306). SpaceOps 2012, Stockholm. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
3. See the launch, live on Arianespace videocorner
4. McDowell, Jonathan (2008-06-27). "Issue 597". Jonathan's Space Report. Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
5. THALES ALENIA SPACE AND TELESPAZIO SIGN CONTRACT FOR SICRAL 2
6. Lancement CZ-3B /CHINASAT 12 à XSLC - Le 27 Novembre 11h13
7. See Forum de la Conquête Spatiale
8. Eutelsat 21B launched with success
9. ILS Proton Successfully Launches EUTELSAT 3D for Eutelsat
10. McDowell, Jonathan (2008-12-11). "Issue 604". Jonathan's Space Report. Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
11. McDowell, Jonathan (2009-04-29). "Issue 610". Jonathan's Space Report. Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-07-06.