| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Eutelsat KA-SAT 9A (KA-SAT) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Multinational |
| Operator/Owner | European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 9 |
| Perigee (km) | 35714 |
| Apogee (km) | 35856 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00168426046732297 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.13 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.01 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 6150 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 3200 |
| Power (watts) | 11000 |
| Date of Launch | 26-12-2010 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | EADS Astrium |
| Country of Contractor | France/UK/Germany/Spain |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Proton |
| COSPAR Number | 2010-069A |
| NORAD Number | 37258 |
| Comments | First satellite with exclusively Ka-band communications payload. |