| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Optus D1 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Australia |
| Operator/Owner | Optus Communications (Parent: Singapore Telecom) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 160.06 |
| Perigee (km) | 35774 |
| Apogee (km) | 35797 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00027279951607738 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.02 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.08 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 2300 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | 4800 |
| Date of Launch | 13-10-2006 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Orbital Sciences Corp. |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 ECA |
| COSPAR Number | 2006-043B |
| NORAD Number | 29495 |
| Comments | 24 Ku-band transponders; voice and video for Australia and New Zealand; will replace Optus B1. |