| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Satmex 8 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Mexico |
| Operator/Owner | Satellites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (SatMex; Loral Global Alliance) |
| Users | Commecial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -116.8 |
| Perigee (km) | 35779 |
| Apogee (km) | 35795 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000189766824014992 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.02 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 5474 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 2317 |
| Power (watts) | 12,690 (EOL) |
| Date of Launch | 26-03-2013 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Proton M |
| COSPAR Number | 2013-012A |
| NORAD Number | 39122 |
| Comments | 24 C-band, 40 Ku-band. |