Europe / Africa / MEA · East

9°E

Eutelsat is the registry operator, with 3 satellites on station and no FCC row.

Occupancy ±0.4°: Eutelsat 2/3 · EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) 1/3.

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

TLE as of 2026-09-23. FCC SSAL stale (2026-04-30). UCS 2023-04-07. Position disagreement.

Occupancy

On station
3 satellites

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

Space-Track TLE (primary) + UCS Satellite Database (fallback) · Sep 23, 2026
Registry operator
Eutelsat
Window majority
Eutelsat
Operator mix
Eutelsat 2/3 · EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) 1/3
Country
France
Purpose
Communications
Status
On station
Position source
3 TLE / 0 UCS fallback
Remaining life
End of licensed life · ~0.9y remaining (n=3)
Coverage proxy
Europe / Mediterranean / West MEA · GDP 1.55 · pop 1.15
Bands
Ku, Ka
Source operator strings (UCS)
  • Eutelsat: EUTELSAT S.A.
  • EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites): EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)

Co-located satellites (3)

SatelliteLaunched
Eutelsat KA-SAT 9A (KA-SAT)
TLE occupancy
2010
Eutelsat 9B (Hot Bird 13E)
TLE occupancy
2016
Meteosat 11 (MSG 4)Dispute
TLE occupancy
2015

Rights

License / FCC
foreign operating

No FCC row

FCC SSAL + UCS occupancy · Apr 30, 2026

Recorded rights (FCC)

Recorded public layers only. FCC SSAL when present; otherwise inferred administration/operator. ITU SNS is not ingested. The Unrecorded chip is not a filled filing row.

  1. National administration
    M
    France

    Inferred from operator country (France); not an ITU notifying administration record.

    UCS operator country · Apr 30, 2026
    inferred
  2. Operator license
    M
    Eutelsat

    UCS operator Eutelsat. No FCC market-access row at this longitude (expected for many non-US administrations and US government birds).

    UCS Satellite Database · Apr 30, 2026
    inferred

Freshness

TLE epoch
2026-09-23

FCC SSAL 2026-04-30 is stale. UCS vintage 2023-04-07.

FCC Approved Space Station List · Apr 30, 2026
Congestion 48 · Moderate · 3 co-located
Clarke congestion v0 ← TLE-primary occupancy longitudes · Sep 23, 2026

Labeled model. Not a live market price.

Implied fair value

Fair value (v0)
$165M

high · $128M–$201M CI · labeled model

Clarke valuation v0 (model) · Sep 23, 2026

MHand estimate / curated opinion: $190M+. Secondary to the model range. Not a competing headline, not a trade, not the fair-value figure.

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

Arc desirabilityEuropean Ku/Ka corridor (highest-revenue arc)×1.80
Coverage (GDP/pop)Europe / Mediterranean / West MEA · GDP 1.55 · pop 1.15×1.12
Occupancy3 co-located satellites (TLE-primary ±0.4°)×1.36
Remaining lifeEnd of licensed life · ~0.9y remaining (n=3)×0.90
OperatorTier-1 operator×1.30
SpectrumKu/Ka-band×1.38
ScarcityCongestion score 48×1.24
License / BIUOperating (no FCC market-access row)×1.00
Driver breakdown is Pro

Full driver breakdown, compare, export+, and API sit behind a Terminal seat.

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.

SlotΔSatsCong.Fair value
10°E1.0°250$110M
10.3°E1.3°355$123M
10.6°E1.6°355n/c
7.2°E1.8°228$158M
11°E2.0°143$110M
7°E2.0°228$158M
ExperimentalSeeded v0 model path (not trades)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 SNS is not ingested.

Model backfill. Not observed trades, not a price index.

$165M
2026-09-15 · synthesized · model backfill, not trades

Free seats see a 7-day backfill. Pro unlocks 30-day persisted model path.

ExperimentalUnrecorded layers (ITU SNS not ingested; 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 SNS is not ingested.

Quarantined stubs. Not filled panels. ITU SNS is not ingested in this product. These rows reserve the rights-chain shape; they are not live filings or named lessees.

  1. ITU filing
    S
    Not recorded in Clarke

    ITU SNS is not ingested. This flag is not a network name, not brought-into-use evidence, and not a filled filing row. Quarantined stub. A filled ITU network panel would look like a deed; this row is not one.

    Clarke stub (ITU SNS not ingested) · Apr 30, 2026 · ITU filing: not recorded in Clarke
    stub
  2. 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 · Apr 30, 2026 · Unknown. Not mocked as a named lessee
    stub
ExperimentalSimulated capacity book (not a market)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 SNS is not ingested.

Simulated capacity book

SIMULATED capacity book — not live bids, offers, or trades. Derived from valuation v0 and congestion so the strip can be read; it is not a marketplace.

36 MHz transponder-equivalent · USD (simulated) · spread 10.1% · Sep 23, 2026
Bids
$156M
91 MHz
$152M
60 MHz
$148M
30 MHz
Asks
$173M
73 MHz
$177M
54 MHz
$181M
36 MHz

Provenance · occupancy TLE-primary Sep 23, 2026 · UCS catalog Apr 7, 2023 · FCC SSAL Apr 30, 2026 · valuation v0 Sep 23, 2026 · snapshots seeded 2026-09-15 (model path, not trades)

Default Terminal is occupancy + FCC + freshness + labeled model. ITU SNS is not ingested (Unrecorded in Clarke). Simulated book, ITU/sub-lease stubs, and seeded sparklines are Experimental. Not financial advice.