Effective period / Period of releases: 1971 - 1995

Members: Rodrigo Mendoza, Orlando Watussi, Cheche Mendoza, César Monge, Andy Mendoza (2), Alberto Mendoza (3)

Venezuelan salsa and cumbia band created initially as a sexteto in Maracaibo in 1966 by Cheche Mendoza and now led by his son Andy Mendoza
also known as Orquesta Los Satélites de Venezuela, they were also released in Colombia as Cheche Mendoza Y Su Conjunto

For the Colombian cumbia band of the 1960s use Los Satélites.
For the Latin orchestra from Spain use Orquesta Los Satelites.
For the group associated with Lola Guerrero, see Los Satélites.