Europe / Africa / MEA · East

2.8°E

Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM) is the registry operator, with 3 satellites on station and no FCC row.

Occupancy ±0.4°: Eutelsat 2/3 · Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM) 1/3. Window majority is not the registry operator.

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

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

Occupancy

On station

3 satellites

±0.4° TLE-primary. Majority Eutelsat (2/3).

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

Registry operator: Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM)
Window majority: Eutelsat
Operator mix: Eutelsat 2/3 · Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM) 1/3
Country: Multinational
Purpose: Communications
Status: On station
Position source: 3 TLE / 0 UCS fallback
Remaining life: Late life · ~3.5y remaining (n=3)
Coverage proxy: Europe / Mediterranean / West MEA · GDP 1.55 · pop 1.15

Source operator strings (UCS)

Eutelsat: EUTELSAT S.A.. ES 172 LLC is the FCC licensee string for Eutelsat 172. Joint EUTELSAT/Nilesat rows stay unmapped.
Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM): Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM)

Co-located satellites (3)

Satellite	Operator	Purpose	UCS lon	TLE lon	Δ	TLE epoch	Launched
Eutelsat Konnect VHTS (Very High Throughput Satellite) TLE occupancy	Eutelsat	Communications	3.0°E	2.7°E	0.3°	2026-10-21 (1d)	2022
Rascom-QAF 1R TLE occupancy	Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM)	Communications	2.9°E	2.8°E	0.0°	2026-10-21 (1d)	2010
Eutelsat 3B TLE occupancy	Eutelsat	Communications	3.0°E	3.1°E	0.1°	2026-10-21 (1d)	2014

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
Multinational
Inferred from operator country (Multinational); not an ITU notifying administration record.
UCS operator country · Sep 27, 2026
inferred
Operator license
M
Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM)
UCS operator Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM). 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 38 · Moderate · 3 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)

$99M

medium · $64M–$133M CI · labeled model

Clarke valuation v0 (model) · Oct 21, 2026

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

Arc desirability	European Ku/Ka corridor (highest-revenue arc)	×1.80
Coverage (GDP/pop)	Europe / Mediterranean / West MEA · GDP 1.55 · pop 1.15	×1.12
Occupancy	3 co-located satellites (TLE-primary ±0.4°)	×1.36
Remaining life	Late life · ~3.5y remaining (n=3)	×0.96
Operator	Regional / other operator	×1.05
Spectrum	No band data (UCS-derived)	×1.00
Scarcity	Congestion score 38	×1.19
License / BIU	Operating (no FCC market-access row)	×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
1.9°E	Bulsatcom	0.9°	1	30	$84M
4.8°E	SES	2.0°	2	28	$98M
0.7°E	EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)	2.1°	2	50	$82M
4.9°E	SES	2.1°	2	23	$96M
0.5°E	EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)	2.3°	2	45	n/c
0.2°W	—	3.0°	1	40	$81M

Model path

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

$99M

2026-10-21 · 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, 2.8°E (2-8e). https://www.clarkebelt.finance/orbital/2-8e. 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.