16.6°W

Russian Federal Space Agency is the registry operator, with 2 satellites on station and no FCC row.

Occupancy ±0.4°: Russian Federal Space Agency 1/2 · US DoD 1/2.

On stationUnrecorded in ClarkeOperating (no FCC market-access row)

TLE epoch 2026-10-21. FCC 2026-09-27. UCS 2023-04-07. Position disagreement.

Occupancy

On station

2 satellites

±0.4° TLE-primary. Majority Russian Federal Space Agency (1/2).

Data as of 2026-10-21 · Space-Track TLE (primary) + UCS Satellite Database (fallback)

Registry operator: Russian Federal Space Agency
Window majority: Russian Federal Space Agency
Operator mix: Russian Federal Space Agency 1/2 · US DoD 1/2
Country: —
Purpose: Communications
Status: On station
Position source: 2 TLE / 0 UCS fallback
Remaining life: Life-extended / past UCS design life · ~-0.8y (n=1)
Coverage proxy: Atlantic / West Africa · GDP 0.95 · pop 1.05

Source operator strings (UCS)

Russian Federal Space Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency
US DoD: US Air Force. UCS US military strings, including MUOS (DoD/US Navy). Not a single program office. Unknown US agency stays unknown. Federal Government (Reserved) is an FCC reservation placeholder, not an operator.

Co-located satellites (2)

Satellite	Operator	Purpose	UCS lon	TLE lon	Δ	TLE epoch	Launched
AEHF-USA 2 (Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite-USA 2, USA 235)Dispute TLE occupancy	US DoD	Communications	120.0°W	16.6°W	103.3°	2026-10-21 (1d)	2012
Luch 5B TLE occupancy	Russian Federal Space Agency	Communications	16.0°W	16.6°W	0.6°	2026-10-21 (1d)	2012

Rights

License / FCC

foreign operating

No FCC row

FCC SSAL + UCS occupancy · Sep 27, 2026

Recorded rights (FCC)

Recorded public layers only. FCC SSAL when present; otherwise inferred administration/operator. ITU filings are not in this product. ITU Space Explorer is the current ITU source.

National administration
M
Unknown administration
No administration on file.
UCS operator country · Sep 27, 2026
unknown
Operator license
M
Russian Federal Space Agency
UCS operator Russian Federal Space Agency. No FCC market-access row at this longitude (expected for many non-US administrations and US government birds).
UCS Satellite Database · Sep 27, 2026
inferred

Freshness

TLE epoch

2026-10-21

TLE epoch is within 45 days. FCC 2026-09-27 · UCS 2023-04-07.

FCC Approved Space Station List · Sep 27, 2026

Congestion 45 · Moderate · 2 co-located

Clarke congestion v0 ← TLE-primary occupancy longitudes · Oct 21, 2026

Labeled modelImplied value, comps, and model pathNot occupancy or rights

Modeled dollars from valuation v0. Not a live market price, not a trade, and not an FCC or ITU record.

Implied fair value

Fair value (v0)

n/c

Not commercially valued

Clarke valuation v0 (model) · Oct 21, 2026

UCS classifies this satellite's users as "Government". Raw model range $24M–$73M is shown for inspection only.

No trade tape. Seeded model-path sparklines are Experimental, not default Terminal.

Arc desirability	Atlantic / West Africa	×1.15
Coverage (GDP/pop)	Atlantic / West Africa · GDP 0.95 · pop 1.05	×1.00
Occupancy	2 co-located satellites (TLE-primary ±0.4°)	×1.24
Remaining life	Life-extended / past UCS design life · ~-0.8y (n=1)	×0.88
Operator	Regional / other operator	×1.05
Spectrum	No band data (UCS-derived)	×1.00
Scarcity	Congestion score 45	×1.23
License / BIU	Operating (no FCC market-access row)	×1.00
Ownership	UCS classifies this satellite's users as "Government" — not a leasable commercial position; figures below are the model's raw output, not a market estimate	×1.00

Driver breakdown is Pro

Driver breakdown, compare, and export sit on a paid seat. Registry access is free.

Pricing Sign in

Valuation v0 is a model-based implied fair-value range from public registry data, not a live market price, appraisal, or offer to transact. Methodology · Valuation v0 · Data trust

Nearest comps

Positions outside this slot's ±0.4° occupancy window. Not transaction comps.

Slot	Operator	Δ	Sats	Cong.	Fair value
16°W	US DoD	0.6°	1	40	n/c
17.9°W	Ministry of Defense/Paradigm Secure Communications (wholly owned by EADS Astrium)	1.3°	2	35	n/c
18°W	SES	1.4°	2	35	$74M
15.1°W	Telesat	1.5°	1	35	$82M
14.7°W	Telesat	1.9°	2	40	$87M
14°W	RSCC	2.6°	1	25	$54M

Model path

Seeded v0 path. Not observed trades, not a price index.

$48M

2026-09-15 · synthesized · model backfill, not trades

This chart shows 7 days of the model path. Pricing

ExperimentalUnrecorded layers (ITU filings are not in this product; sub-lease stub)Not default Terminal

This block is quarantined from the default Slot Terminal. It is a labeled stub or simulation, not recorded public occupancy or FCC data, and it is not a market. ITU filings are not in this product.

Quarantined stubs. ITU filings are not in this product. ITU Space Explorer is the current ITU source. These rows reserve the rights-chain shape; they are not live filings or named lessees.

ITU filing
S
Not recorded in Clarke
ITU filings are not in this product. ITU Space Explorer is the current ITU source. SNS Online shut down in January 2025. Quarantined stub. A filled ITU network panel would look like a deed; this row is not one.
Clarke stub (ITU filings are not in this product) · Sep 27, 2026 · ITU filing: not recorded in Clarke
stub
Sub-lease / capacity lease
S
No public sub-lease registry
Quarantined stub. There is no public feed of transponder or payload sub-leases. This layer is reserved for operator-disclosed or future marketplace filings and is not a named lessee.
Clarke stub · Sep 27, 2026 · Unknown. Not mocked as a named lessee
stub

Cite this

Clarke slot record, 16.6°W (16-6w). https://www.clarkebelt.finance/orbital/16-6w. Data vintage: UCS file vintage 2023-04-07, FCC as-of 2026-09-27, TLE epoch 2026-10-21. Accessed the day you open this page.