Communications satellites launched by the Mexican Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Coverage of the national territory with television, radio and telephony signals and data transmission. Later privatised and taken over by Satellites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. Major Events: .

• 17 June 1985 Morelos 1 Spacecraft: HS 376. Mass: 512 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. More details

  Released by STS 51G 6/17/85; 113.5 deg W. Coverage of the national territory with television, radio and telephony signals and data transmission. Geostationary satellite.

• 27 November 1985 Morelos 2 Spacecraft: HS 376. Mass: 645 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. More details

  Released by STS 61B 11/27/85. Coverage of the national territory with television, radio and telephony signals and data transmission. Geostationary satellite.

• 20 November 1993 Solidaridad 1 Spacecraft: HS 601. Mass: 2,776 kg. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44LP. More details

  Stationed at 109.2 deg W.

• 08 October 1994 Solidaridad 2 Spacecraft: HS 601. Mass: 2,776 kg. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L. More details

  18 C-Band transponders. Stationed at 113.06 deg W.

• 06 December 1998 Satmex 5 Spacecraft: HS 601. Mass: 4,135 kg. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 42L. More details

  The Ariane placed the Satmex 5 satellite into a 211km x 21516 km x 7.0 degree orbit from which the satellite was to use its on-board engine to reach geostationary orbit. Satmex 5 was operated by Satellites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V, which took over the Morelos constellation from Mexican Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Satmex 5 replaced Morelos 2 and carried the XIPS ion engine station-keeping system.