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?

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]