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
EKRAN 1	9503	1976-107A	October 26, 1976	1435.4	79.7° E
NATO 3B	9785	1977-005A	January 28, 1977	1511.5	157.2° E
OPS 3151	9803	1977-007A	February 6, 1977	1476.5	94.7° W
KIKU 2 (ETS 2)	9852	1977-014A	February 23, 1977	1440.1	63.1° E
PALAPA 2	9862	1977-018A	March 10, 1977	1439.4	61.1° W
ESA/GOES	9931	1977-029A	April 20, 1977	734	174.7° W
OPS 9751	10016	1977-038A	May 23, 1977	1435.6	53.8° E
HIMAWARI 1 (GMS 1)	10143	1977-065A	July 14, 1977	1450.8	38.5° W
SIRIO	10294	1977-080A	August 25, 1977	1436.1	74.6° E
EKRAN 2	10365	1977-092A	September 20, 1977	1435.4	62° E
METEOSAT 1	10489	1977-108A	November 23, 1977	1437.2	35° E
OPS 4258	10508	1977-114A	December 11, 1977	1436.4	44.1° W
SAKURA 1A (CS-1A)	10516	1977-118A	December 15, 1977	1455.8	38.5° W
OPS 6391 (FLTSATCOM 1)	10669	1978-016A	February 9, 1978	1454.5	84.9° W
OPS 8790	10787	1978-038A	April 7, 1978	1433.2	167.3° W
YURI (BSE)	10792	1978-039A	April 7, 1978	1435.9	107.8° E
OTS 2	10855	1978-044A	May 11, 1978	1452.5	114.9° E
OPS 9454	10941	1978-058A	June 10, 1978	1438.5	8.2° E
COMSTAR 3	10975	1978-068A	June 29, 1978	1451.7	56.5° E
GEOS 2	10981	1978-071A	July 14, 1978	1449.1	125.9° W
NATO 3C	11115	1978-106A	November 19, 1978	1462.2	118.6° W
ANIK B1 (TELESAT-4)	11153	1978-116A	December 16, 1978	1442.7	116.3° E
EKRAN 3	11273	1979-015A	February 21, 1979	1436.7	57.7° E
OPS 6392 (FLTSATCOM 2)	11353	1979-038A	May 4, 1979	1461.3	109.6° E
OPS 7484	11397	1979-053A	June 10, 1979	1458.3	84.6° W
WESTAR 3	11484	1979-072A	August 10, 1979	1440.9	112.9° W
OPS 1948	11558	1979-086A	October 1, 1979	1436.6	145.9° E
EKRAN 4	11561	1979-087A	October 3, 1979	1435.8	54.2° E
SATCOM 3	11635	1979-101A	December 7, 1979	788.9	132.4° E
OPS 6393 (FLTSATCOM 3)	11669	1980-004A	January 18, 1980	1436.2	22.5° W
EKRAN 5	11890	1980-060A	July 15, 1980	1436	16° W
OPS 6394 (FLTSATCOM 4)	12046	1980-087A	October 31, 1980	1455.3	99.4° E
SBS 1	12065	1980-091A	November 15, 1980	1442.7	52.4° E
EKRAN 6	12120	1980-104A	December 26, 1980	1436.5	93.6° E
ESIAFI 1 (COMSTAR 4)	12309	1981-018A	February 21, 1981	1436.1	80.2° E
METEOSAT 2	12544	1981-057A	June 19, 1981	1458.6	35.2° E
APPLE	12545	1981-057B	June 19, 1981	1439.2	147.4° E
EKRAN 7	12564	1981-061A	June 26, 1981	1435.4	64.4° E
FLTSATCOM 5	12635	1981-073A	August 6, 1981	1460.4	154.8° W
HIMAWARI 2 (GMS 2)	12677	1981-076A	August 10, 1981	1446.4	150.5° E
SBS 2	12855	1981-096A	September 24, 1981	1438.3	127.2° W
SATCOM 3R	12967	1981-114A	November 20, 1981	1438.6	50.4° E
MARECS A	13010	1981-122A	December 20, 1981	1515.2	150.8° E
SATCOM 4	13035	1982-004A	January 16, 1982	1445.9	26.1° E
EKRAN 8	13056	1982-009A	February 5, 1982	1440.7	11.8° W
WESTAR 4	13069	1982-014A	February 26, 1982	1443.4	55° E
INSAT 1A	13129	1982-031A	April 10, 1982	1436	27.3° E
COSMOS 1366	13177	1982-044A	May 17, 1982	1436.2	67.8° E
WESTAR 5	13269	1982-058A	June 9, 1982	1451.4	121.4° W
ANIK D1 (TELESAT 6)	13431	1982-082A	August 26, 1982	1438.4	70.8° W

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