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Satellite List

This page includes satellites running flight code I developed, or, at the bottom, satellite programs that used ground systems or astronaut training systems that I helped develop code for. It doesn't include satellite programs where my involvement was limited to flight software test or integration test. The Direct Work list includes satellites I directly worked on. The Follow-On list includes satellites running code inherited from programs I worked on.


82 launched satellites in the SSL-1300 line are listed in the Flight Code sections below.


At approximately $250M and 6,000 kg (13,228 lbs) per satellite, 82 SSL-1300 satellites total around $21B in sales and 492,000 kg (1,084,674 lbs) massed on-orbit.


Satellite name links are to pages at Gunter's Space Page.


Satellite International Designator (COSPAR ID) links, in parentheses, are to pages at NASA's NSSDCA Master Catalog of spaceflight missions. 1997-042A is the COSPAR ID of the ABS-3 / Mabuhay satellite launched in 1997. The MT-SAT 1 satellite has a COSPAR ID but no Master Catalog page, as it did not reach orbit due to a launch failure.


•  SSL-1300 series at Gunter's Space Page   •  SSL-1300 series at Wikipedia


"In September 2015 SSL announced that it had delivered 100 satellites based on the SSL 1300 platform. There are more SSL 1300's currently providing service on orbit than any other model communications satellite." - Wikipedia


"The International Designator, also known as COSPAR designation, and in the United States as NSSDC ID, is an international naming convention for satellites. It consists of the launch year, a 3-digit incrementing launch number of that year and up to a 3-letter code representing the sequential identifier of a piece in a launch." - Wikipedia



Flight Code - Direct Work

ABS-3 / Mabuhay
(1997-042A)
DirecTV 6
(1997-011A)
Intelsat 12
(2000-068A)
Intelsat 903
(2002-016A)
MT-Sat 1
(1999-F04)
APStar 2-R
(1997-062A)
Eutelsat 113 West A
(2006-020A)
Intelsat 25
(2008-034A)
Intelsat 904
(2002-007A)
Panamsat-6
(1997-040A)
Bermudasat 1
(2000-038A)
Galaxy 25
(1997-026A)
Intelsat 901
(2001-024A)
Intelsat 905
(2002-027A)
Thaicom 4 / ipStar
(2005-028A)
DirecTV 5
(2002-023A)
Galaxy 27
(1999-052A)
Intelsat 902
(2001-039A)
Intelsat 906
(2002-041A)
 

Flight Code - Follow-ons and (some) Direct Work

ABS-2
(2014-006A)
EchoStar 11
(2008-035A)
Eutelsat 117 West A
(2013-012A)
Intelsat 31
(2016-035A)
QuetzSat 1
(2011-054A)
ABS-4
(2004-007A)
EchoStar 14
(2010-010A)
Galaxy 16
(2006-023A)
Intelsat 7
(1998-052A)
SES 4
(2012-007A)
Amazonas 3
(2013-006A)
EchoStar 15
(2010-034A)
Galaxy 18
(2008-024A)
Intelsat 8
(1998-065A)
SES 5
(2012-036A)
AMOS 7
(2014-046A)
EchoStar 16
(2012-065A)
Galaxy 19
(2008-045A)
Intelsat 907
(2003-007A)
Star One C4
(2015-034A)
Anik G1
(2013-014A)
EchoStar 17
(2012-035A)
Galaxy 23
(2003-034A)
JCSat 2B
(2016-028A)
Telstar 11N
(2009-009A)
Apstar-5
(2004-024A)
EchoStar 18
(2016-039A)
Galaxy 26
(1999-005A)
MT-Sat 1R
(2005-006A)
Telstar 12
(1999-059A)
AsiaSat 5
(2009-042A)
EchoStar 19
(2016-079A)
Galaxy 28
(2005-022A)
NBN-Co 1A
(2015-054A)
Thaicom 6A
(2011-069A)
AsiaSat 6
(2014-052A)
EchoStar 21
(2017-032A)
Hispasat 30W-5
(2010-070A)
NBN-Co 1B
(2016-060A)
Thor 7
(2015-022A)
Ciel-1
(1999-050A)
EchoStar 8
(2002-039A)
Intelsat 14
(2009-064A)
Nimiq 5
(2009-050A)
ViaSat 1
(2011-059A)
DirecTV 14
(2014-078B)
EchoStar G1
(2008-016A)
Intelsat 17
(2010-065B)
Nimiq 6
(2012-026A)
WildBlue 1
(2006-054A)
DirecTV 7S
(2004-016A)
EchoStar T1
(2009-035A)
Intelsat 19
(2012-030A)
NSS 12
(2009-058A)
XTAR EUR
(2005-005A)
DirecTV 8
(2005-019A)
Estrela do Sul 1
(2004-001A)
Intelsat 20
(2012-043A)
Optus 10
(2014-054B)
XTAR LANT
(2006-007A)
DirecTV 9S
(2006-043A)
Estrela do Sul 2
(2011-021A)
Intelsat 30
(2014-062A)
Optus C1
(2003-028B)
 

Ground-based Customer Test Equipment (TCRS Satellite Simulators)

Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1
(2013-044A)
Optus 10
(2014-054B)
NBN-Co 1A
(2015-054A)
NBN-Co 1B
(2016-060A)
 

Ground-based Astronaut Training Equipment (NASA's SSMTF and SMTF)

Intl Space Station (ISS)
(1998-067A)
Shuttle Assembly Flights
(various)
     



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