Talk:List of Intelsat satellites

In the 1990s Galaxy 5 was probably THE most important broadcast satellite as far as cable channels go, if you had a stationary dish it was probably pointed at G5, yet on Wikipedia there is zilch about it. Why? I certainly don't know enough to write an article about it myself but someone definitely should.

Is this list for launched satellites or does it includes ordered ones, too?[edit]

I'm wrapping up the JSAT fleet articles, and since they have sold Intelsat 26, and done the Horizons-1, Intelsat 15, Horizons-2 and Horizons-3e together, I find myself here often. My issue is that this list needs some scoping. I need to understand if only launched satellites are to be considered, or if ordered satellites should be here, too.

Then, I need to understand if I can put satellites twice or not. For example, Horizons-3e, belongs to the Horizon joint venture with JSAT, but also to the new Epic^NG service line. In fact, the Asian introduction of Epic will be exclusively with Horizons-3e. If I make a dedicated entry for Epic satellites, should I take them out of the other lists or should I still keep them for consistency? – Baldusi (talk) 12:46, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the list is more informative for readers if we include all satellites: past, present and future, directly managed, shared, outsourced or leased out. I don't see any benefit to listing the Epic satellites in a separate table; we could instead add an attribute showing each satellite's technical platform or technologies — or do nothing, it's in the "e" names already. I do agree that the Epic generation deserves a paragraph of prose to describe its features and deployment strategy. — JFG ^talk 05:43, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, I think the Intelsat Epic line deserves a new article, if we can find enough material to cover it properly. — JFG ^talk 05:49, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]