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HotBird
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This page contains philatelic information on HotBird series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
HotBird may be spelled Hot Bird, with a space between the two words.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| HotBird (Europe) | HotBird (Europe) | HotBird (Europe) |
| HotBird (on other than HotBird launch covers) |
Below is a list of HotBird-series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| HotBird (Europe) | ||||
| Chad | 804 (BL294A) i804 (BL294B) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1998 | "HotBird - ESA" (but Eutelsat-2 depicted) |
| Chad | BL475A BL475B | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2014 | "HotBird-8" |
| France | 2483 (Mi3082) | 1995 | "Ariane - 100th satellite" and date (1995-03-28) celebrate the launch of HotBird-1 (depicted in the (pictorial) cancel) and Brasilsat-B2 | |
| France | 2483 fdc1 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (Éditions philatéliques CEF cachet) | ||
| France | 2483 fdc2 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
| France | 2483 fdc3 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| France | 2483 maxi | (Pictorial) cancel on maxicard | ||
| Madagascar | 1336a (BL_A272A) i1336a (BL_A272B) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (1336) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (i1336) | 1997 | "HotBird" (but Eutelsat-2-F3 depicted) |
| Madagascar | 1338a (BL_C272A) i1338a (BL_C272B) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (1338) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (i1338) | HotBird-1 (not "Astra-1B", as in text) | |
| Mali | 887a (BL_D95A) i887a (BL_D95B) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (887) In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i887) | 1998 | "HotBird"-1 |
| Mali | 987 (BL128A) i987 (BL128B) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1998 | HotBird-2/3/4/5? (body matches, but each solar panel has 3 sections instead of 4 and no flaps) |
Below is a list of HotBird-series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| HotBird (Europe) | ||||
| 1995-03-28: HotBird-1 (and Brasilsat-B2) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1995-03-28 | Kourou | (Red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HotBird-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1995-03-28 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | HotBird-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1995-03-28 | Kourou | (Association Pégase) cachet on cover | HotBird-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1995-03-28 | Kourou | (Pictorial) cancel1 on FDC (Éditions philatéliques CEF cachet) | HotBird-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1995-03-28 | Kourou | (Pictorial) cancel1 on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | HotBird-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1995-03-28 | Kourou | (Pictorial) cancel1 on FDC (? cachet) | HotBird-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1995-03-28 | Kourou | (Pictorial) cancel1 on maxicard | HotBird-1 launch |
| 1996-11-21: HotBird-2 | ||||
| United States | 1996-11-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (O'Connell) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | HotBird-2 launch |
| 1997-09-02: HotBird-3 (and Meteosat-7) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1997-09-02 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-09-02 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | HotBird-3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-09-02 | Kourou | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HotBird-3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-09-02 | Kourou | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | HotBird-3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-09-02 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | HotBird-3 launch |
| Gabon | 1997-09-03 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-3 launch |
| 1998-02-27: HotBird-4 | ||||
| French Guiana | 1998-02-27 | Kourou | (Conseil de l'Europe) cachet on cover | HotBird-4 launch |
| French Guiana | 1998-02-27 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | HotBird-4 launch |
| HotBird-7 (and STENTOR) (pre-launch events) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2002-11-28 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | HotBird-7 pre-launch: ("PO error: launch delayed until 2002-12-11", the correct launch date) |
| 2002-12-11: HotBird-7 (and STENTOR) [failed] | ||||
| French Guiana | 2002-12-11 | Kourou (black pictorial cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-7 launch |
| French Guiana | 2002-12-11 | Kourou (red pictorial cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-7 launch |
| French Guiana | 2002-12-11 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | HotBird-7 launch |
| French Guiana | 2002-12-11 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | HotBird-7 launch |
| French Guiana | 2002-12-11 | Kourou | (Philatélie Arianespace) cachet on cover | HotBird-7 launch |
| France | 2002-12-12 | Paris | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-7 launch |
| France | 2002-12-12 | Nice | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-7 launch |
| 2006-03-11: HotBird-7A (and SpainSat-1) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2006-03-11 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (and signature) on cover | HotBird-7A launch |
| French Guiana | 2006-03-11 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | HotBird-7A launch |
| 2006-08-05: HotBird-8 | ||||
| Russia | 2006-08-05 | Baikonur | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | HotBird-8 launch (mis-spelled "HotBerd-8" in text) |
| Russia | 2006-08-05 | Polevaya | (EADS Astrium?) cachet on cover | HotBird-8 launch (mis-spelled "HotBerd-8" in text) |
| 2008-12-20: HotBird-9 (and Eutelsat-W2M) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2008-12-20 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-12-20 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-12-20 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-12-20 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-12-20 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-12-20 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| French Guiana | 2008-12-20 | Kourou | (Philatélie Arianespace) cachet on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| France | 2008-12-21 | Paris | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| Gabon | 2008-12-21 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on cover | HotBird-9 launch |
| 2009-02-12: HotBird-10 (and NSS-9 and SPIRALE) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2009-02-12 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | HotBird-10 launch |
| HotBird (on other than HotBird launch covers) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1999-04-02 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on Insat-2E launch cover | Reproduction of HotBird-1_and_Brasilsat-B2_cover2 |
1"Ariane - 100th satellite" and date (1995-03-28) celebrate the launch of HotBird-1 (depicted in the (pictorial) cancel) and Brasilsat-B2
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