| 1 |
1° W (0.8° W) |
Active |
Thor 6 (Intelsat 1W, IS-1W) |
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting |
36 (16 FSS and 20 BSS) active Ku-band transponders to provide high power direct-to-home (DTH) television services to the Nordic countries and to serve the growing broadcasting demands within Central and Eastern Europe. |
| 2 |
3° E (3° E) |
Active |
Eutelsat 3B (E3B) |
Eutelsat Communications S.A. |
51 C, Ku and Ka-band transponders to provide video, data, Internet and telecom services across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and parts of South America. |
| 3 |
26° E (26° E) |
Active |
Badr 4 (ARABSAT 4B) |
Arabsat |
32 Ku-band transponders. |
| 4 |
13° E (13° E) |
Active |
Eutelsat Hot Bird 13B |
Eutelsat Communications S.A. |
64 Ku-band transponders to provide radio and television coverage through 950 digital channels to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. |
| 5 |
13° E (13° E) |
Active |
Eutelsat Hot Bird 13C |
Eutelsat Communications S.A. |
64 active Ku-band transponders covering Europe, North Africa, Middle East. |
| 6 |
21° E (21.5° E) |
Active |
Eutelsat 21B |
Eutelsat Communications S.A. |
40 Ku-band transponders to provide data, professional video and government services across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. It will be equipped with one broad footprint sweeping across Europe into North Africa and Central Asia, and two dedicated high-power beams to add increased flexibility for regional coverage of North Africa and the Middle East. |
| 7 |
25° E (25.5° E) |
Active |
Es’hail 1 |
Eutelsat Communications S.A. |
32 Ku-band and 14 Ka-band transponders to provide services to Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. Satellite owned and to be operated with ictQatar. |
| 8 |
26° E (26° E) |
Active |
Badr 5 (Arabsat 5B) |
Arabsat |
56 Ku and Ka-band transponders to provide full in-orbit back-up capacity both for Badr-4 and Badr-6 television services, covering a stretched zone encompassing the entire Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and beyond. |
| 9 |
33° E (33° E) |
Active |
Eutelsat 33E |
Eutelsat Communications S.A. |
64 active Ku-band transponders covering Europe, North Africa, Middle East. |
| 10 |
52° E (52° E) |
Active |
TurkmenAlem |
Turkmen Hemrasy/SSI Monaco |
38 active Ku-band transponders shared over 3 beams. Turkmenistan Minister of Communications owns 26 TPs and the rest 12 TPs with Middle East/North Africa coverage are fully leased to SES. |
| 11 |
30° W (30° W) |
Active |
Hispasat 30W-5 |
Hispasat |
53 active Ku-band transponders to provide Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) and Broadcast Satellite Services (BSS) to Europe, the Americas, and North Africa. |
| 12 |
25° W (24.8° W) |
Active |
AlComSat 1 |
Agence Spatiale Algerienne (ASAL) |
19 BSS and FSS Ku-band channels, 12 Ka-band channels and 2 L/C-band navigation channels. 9 Ku-band transponders are dedicated to the distribution of TV and digital radio channels while the rest of Ku-band capacity to be used for medium speed (2 Mb/s) communications in North Africa covering Tunisia, Northern Chad and Northern Sudan. Ka-band capacity will be used for high-speed broadband internet (20 Mb/s) covering the entire Algerian territory and water. |
