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	1475.6	62.8° E
COMSTAR 2	9047	1976-073A	July 22, 1976	1440.3	156° W
PALAPA 1	9009	1976-066A	July 8, 1976	1438.5	171° W
OPS 2112	8916	1976-059A	June 26, 1976	1447.7	101° W
MARISAT 3	8882	1976-053A	June 10, 1976	1501.6	150.1° E
COMSTAR 1	8838	1976-042A	May 13, 1976	1442.4	161.8° E
NATO 3A	8808	1976-035A	April 22, 1976	1442.4	65.3° E
SATCOM 2	8774	1976-029A	March 26, 1976	1460.1	79.3° E
LES 9	8747	1976-023B	March 15, 1976	1436	105.4° W
LES 8	8746	1976-023A	March 15, 1976	1436.1	102.8° W
MARISAT 1	8697	1976-017A	February 19, 1976	1451.5	144.3° E
CTS	8585	1976-004A	January 17, 1976	1436.7	72.5° W
SATCOM 1	8476	1975-117A	December 13, 1975	1445.7	29° W
SYMPHONIE 2	8132	1975-077A	August 27, 1975	1440.3	14.8° W
OPS 4966	7963	1975-055A	June 18, 1975	1435.7	73.2° E
ANIK A3 (TELESAT-3)	7790	1975-038A	May 7, 1975	1439	167.6° E
SMS 2	7648	1975-011A	February 6, 1975	1447.1	118° E
SYMPHONIE 1	7578	1974-101A	December 19, 1974	1440.5	175.9° E
SKYNET 2B	7547	1974-094A	November 23, 1974	1435.3	18.9° E
WESTAR 2	7466	1974-075A	October 10, 1974	1442	167.2° E
ATS 6	7318	1974-039A	May 30, 1974	1412.1	127.9° E
SMS 1	7298	1974-033A	May 17, 1974	1460.3	58.1° E
WESTAR 1	7250	1974-022A	April 13, 1974	1441.5	77° W
COSMOS 637	7229	1974-017A	March 26, 1974	1428.9	31.7° W
OPS 6157	6691	1973-040A	June 12, 1973	1442.5	4.7° E
ANIK A2 (TELESAT 2)	6437	1973-023A	April 20, 1973	1442.9	32° E
OPS 6063	6380	1973-013A	March 6, 1973	1436.1	74.2° E
OPS 9390	6317	1972-101A	December 20, 1972	1435.3	36.2° E
ANIK A1 (TELESAT 1)	6278	1972-090A	November 10, 1972	1457.1	77.4° E
OPS 1570	5851	1972-010A	March 1, 1972	1443.2	154° W
OPS 3811	5204	1971-039A	May 5, 1971	1467	67.5° W
NATO 2B	4902	1971-009A	February 3, 1971	1436.1	105.3° W
OPS 7329	4510	1970-069A	September 1, 1970	1436.9	29.1° W
SKYNET 1B	4493	1970-062A	August 19, 1970	-	N/A	Unable to track
OPS 5346	4418	1970-046A	June 19, 1970	1436.2	65.9° E
NATO 2A	4353	1970-021A	March 20, 1970	1436.1	110.1° W
SKYNET 1	4250	1969-101A	November 22, 1969	1436.1	103.6° W
ATS 5	4068	1969-069A	August 12, 1969	1447.4	42° E
OPS 3148	3889	1969-036A	April 13, 1969	1434.1	69.1° W
OPS 0757 (TACSAT)	3691	1969-013A	February 9, 1969	1433.7	127.4° W
LES 6	3431	1968-081D	September 26, 1968	1436.7	141.7° 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	30.6° E
OPS 2222	3334	1968-063A	August 6, 1968	1450.8	33.2° W
DODGE 1	2867	1967-066F	July 1, 1967	1319.1	12° W
LES 5	2866	1967-066E	July 1, 1967	1316	83.7° W
OPS 9381 (GGTS)	2207	1966-053A	June 16, 1966	1333.2	126.1° E
SYNCOM 3	858	1964-047A	August 19, 1964	1435.3	4.7° E
SYNCOM 2 (A 26)	634	1963-031A	July 26, 1963	1436.3	81.6° E
SYNCOM 1	553	1963-004A	February 14, 1963	1236.2	178.9° E