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	Action
MARISAT 2	9478	1976-101A	October 14, 1976	1475.5	19.5° E
COMSTAR 2	9047	1976-073A	July 22, 1976	1440.3	123.4° E
PALAPA 1	9009	1976-066A	July 8, 1976	1438.4	143.4° E
OPS 2112	8916	1976-059A	June 26, 1976	1447.6	31.9° E
MARISAT 3	8882	1976-053A	June 10, 1976	1501.6	12.3° W
COMSTAR 1	8838	1976-042A	May 13, 1976	1442.6	33.5° E
NATO 3A	8808	1976-035A	April 22, 1976	1442.2	55.4° W
SATCOM 2	8774	1976-029A	March 26, 1976	1460.1	29.4° W
LES 9	8747	1976-023B	March 15, 1976	1436	102.6° W
LES 8	8746	1976-023A	March 15, 1976	1436.1	101.9° W
MARISAT 1	8697	1976-017A	February 19, 1976	1451.5	159° W
CTS	8585	1976-004A	January 17, 1976	1437	87.6° W
SATCOM 1	8476	1975-117A	December 13, 1975	1445.7	141.4° E
SYMPHONIE 2	8132	1975-077A	August 27, 1975	1440.6	100.2° W
OPS 4966	7963	1975-055A	June 18, 1975	1435.7	33.2° E
ANIK A3 (TELESAT-3)	7790	1975-038A	May 7, 1975	1439.4	107.4° E
SMS 2	7648	1975-011A	February 6, 1975	1447.1	98.3° W
SYMPHONIE 1	7578	1974-101A	December 19, 1974	1440.8	86.4° E
SKYNET 2B	7547	1974-094A	November 23, 1974	1434.7	40.3° E
WESTAR 2	7466	1974-075A	October 10, 1974	1442.2	47.7° E
ATS 6	7318	1974-039A	May 30, 1974	1412	106.1° W
SMS 1	7298	1974-033A	May 17, 1974	1460.2	53.4° W
WESTAR 1	7250	1974-022A	April 13, 1974	1441.3	176.2° E
COSMOS 637	7229	1974-017A	March 26, 1974	1428.8	112.3° E
OPS 6157	6691	1973-040A	June 12, 1973	1442.7	123.5° W
ANIK A2 (TELESAT 2)	6437	1973-023A	April 20, 1973	1443	102.7° W
OPS 6063	6380	1973-013A	March 6, 1973	1436.1	75.6° E
OPS 9390	6317	1972-101A	December 20, 1972	1434.8	42.8° E
ANIK A1 (TELESAT 1)	6278	1972-090A	November 10, 1972	1457.1	26.6° E
OPS 1570	5851	1972-010A	March 1, 1972	1443.3	65.6° E
OPS 3811	5204	1971-039A	May 5, 1971	1467	51.6° E
NATO 2B	4902	1971-009A	February 3, 1971	1436.1	105.1° W
OPS 7329	4510	1970-069A	September 1, 1970	1437.3	55° W
SKYNET 1B	4493	1970-062A	August 19, 1970	-	N/A	Unable to track
OPS 5346	4418	1970-046A	June 19, 1970	1436.2	71.6° E
NATO 2A	4353	1970-021A	March 20, 1970	1436	108.9° W
SKYNET 1	4250	1969-101A	November 22, 1969	1436.1	103° W
ATS 5	4068	1969-069A	August 12, 1969	1447.3	179.6° W
OPS 3148	3889	1969-036A	April 13, 1969	1434.1	49.4° W
OPS 0757 (TACSAT)	3691	1969-013A	February 9, 1969	1433.7	78.2° W
LES 6	3431	1968-081D	September 26, 1968	1436.2	148.9° W
ERS 21 (OV5-4)	3430	1968-081C	September 26, 1968	1435.7	N/A
OV2-5	3428	1968-081A	September 26, 1968	1417.9	35.6° E
OPS 2222	3334	1968-063A	August 6, 1968	1450.9	48.1° E
DODGE 1	2867	1967-066F	July 1, 1967	1319.1	2.4° W
LES 5	2866	1967-066E	July 1, 1967	1316	0.3° W
OPS 9381 (GGTS)	2207	1966-053A	June 16, 1966	1333.2	167.4° E
SYNCOM 3	858	1964-047A	August 19, 1964	1434.9	23.2° E
SYNCOM 2 (A 26)	634	1963-031A	July 26, 1963	1436.4	75.1° E
SYNCOM 1	553	1963-004A	February 14, 1963	1236.2	109.3° E