Geostationary
QUETZSAT 1
Mexican / Latin American Direct-Broadcast Television · SES / EchoStar / QuetzSat (Mexico)
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A SES satellite providing direct-to-home television for Mexico and Latin America under the QuetzSat brand. Named after the Quetzal — the iridescent bird sacred to Maya and Aztec civilizations and the symbol of freedom in Central American culture — QuetzSat-1 delivers satellite television as an alternative to Mexico's cable-dominant pay TV market. The satellite serves both urban subscribers seeking more channels and rural Mexican communities where cable infrastructure doesn't reach.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,235–22,250 mi (35,784–35,807 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 37826
- Int’l designator
- 2011-054A
- Launched
- 2011
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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