GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES

A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite whose orbital track on the Earth repeats regularly over points on the Earth over time. If such a satellite's orbit lies over the equator, it is called a geostationary satellite. The orbits of the satellites are known as the geosynchronous orbit and geostationary orbit. (Wikipedia definition)

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Name	NORAD ID	Int'l Code	Launch date	Period [minutes]	Longitude
OPTUS A1 (AUSSAT 1)	15993	1985-076B	August 27, 1985	1443.4	64.5° W
ASC 1	15994	1985-076C	August 27, 1985	1435.7	85.7° W
LEASAT 4	15995	1985-076D	August 27, 1985	1472.4	26.3° W
COSMOS 1700	16199	1985-102A	October 25, 1985	1435.9	94.2° E
MORELOS 2	16274	1985-109B	November 27, 1985	1446.2	22.1° W
OPTUS A2 (AUSSAT 2)	16275	1985-109C	November 27, 1985	1440.7	44.2° W
SATCOM K2	16276	1985-109D	November 27, 1985	1445.6	7.8° E
SATCOM K1	16482	1986-003B	January 12, 1986	1446.4	25.2° E
STTW-1	16526	1986-010A	February 1, 1986	1436.8	58.8° E
BS-2B (YURI 2B)	16597	1986-016A	February 12, 1986	1450.3	9.2° E
GSTAR 2	16649	1986-026A	March 28, 1986	1442.8	13.5° W
BRAZILSAT 2	16650	1986-026B	March 28, 1986	1445.2	89.7° W
COSMOS 1738	16667	1986-027A	April 4, 1986	1436	7.7° W
EKRAN 15	16729	1986-038A	May 24, 1986	1491.5	134.3° E
FLTSATCOM 7 (USA 20)	17181	1986-096A	December 5, 1986	1455.6	94.8° E
GOES 7	17561	1987-022A	February 26, 1987	1441.5	60.6° W
AGILA 1 (PALAPA B2P)	17706	1987-029A	March 20, 1987	1441.2	157.8° W
KIKU 5 (ETS 5)	18316	1987-070A	August 27, 1987	1449.7	91.7° W
EKRAN 16	18328	1987-073A	September 3, 1987	1492.5	116° E
OPTUS A3 (AUSSAT 3)	18350	1987-078A	September 16, 1987	1456	103.3° W
EUTELSAT 1-F4 (ECS 4)	18351	1987-078B	September 16, 1987	1459.2	39.1° E
COSMOS 1888	18384	1987-084A	October 1, 1987	1437.1	24.3° E
TVSAT 1	18570	1987-095A	November 21, 1987	1455.7	93.1° W
COSMOS 1897	18575	1987-096A	November 26, 1987	1436.1	98° E
USA 28	18583	1987-097A	November 29, 1987	1463.6	125.1° E
EKRAN 17	18715	1987-109A	December 27, 1987	1501.8	155.2° E
CS 3A	18877	1988-012A	February 19, 1988	1467.3	160.4° E
STTW-2	18922	1988-014A	March 7, 1988	1436	89.4° E
SPACENET 3R	18951	1988-018A	March 11, 1988	1444.9	72.5° W
TELECOM 1C	18952	1988-018B	March 11, 1988	1470	172.1° W
COSMOS 1940	19073	1988-034A	April 26, 1988	1430.4	63.6° W
EKRAN 18	19090	1988-036A	May 6, 1988	1512.9	27.8° W
METEOSAT 3	19215	1988-051A	June 15, 1988	1485.3	43.9° W
PAS 1	19217	1988-051C	June 15, 1988	1448.8	90.6° W
INSAT 1C	19330	1988-063A	July 21, 1988	1436.4	59.2° E
EUTELSAT 1-F5 (ECS 5)	19331	1988-063B	July 21, 1988	1466.9	9.3° E
COSMOS 1961	19344	1988-066A	August 1, 1988	1436.3	75.6° E
GSTAR 3	19483	1988-081A	September 8, 1988	1436.1	104.7° W
SBS 5	19484	1988-081B	September 8, 1988	1442.9	6.1° E
CS 3B	19508	1988-086A	September 16, 1988	1451.2	163° W
TDRS 3	19548	1988-091B	September 29, 1988	1436.2	48.7° W
TDF 1	19621	1988-098A	October 28, 1988	1451.7	51.1° W
EKRAN 19	19683	1988-108A	December 10, 1988	1489.9	162.8° W
SKYNET 4B	19687	1988-109A	December 11, 1988	1444.7	59.5° W
ASTRA 1A	19688	1988-109B	December 11, 1988	1464.3	106.4° W
STTW-3	19710	1988-111A	December 22, 1988	1436	36.6° E
JCSAT 1	19874	1989-020A	March 6, 1989	1446.6	157.9° E
METEOSAT 4 (MOP 1)	19876	1989-020B	March 6, 1989	1482.8	38.2° W
TDRS 4	19883	1989-021B	March 13, 1989	1462.2	71° W
TELE-X	19919	1989-027A	April 2, 1989	1452	174° E

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