List Of Satellites Launched By Different Countries

This is a list of satellites ordered alphabetically according to the country that launched them.

List of satellites launched by different countries.

The total number of military satellites in the world is approximated at 320 with some countries owning several while others having none. Countries with the most operational satellites in orbit. By 2013 there were 950 satellites of different types in earth s orbit. Only twelve countries from the list below ussr usa france japan china uk india russia ukraine israel iran and north korea and one regional organization the european space agency esa have independently launched satellites on their own indigenously developed launch vehicles.

This is by far the largest number of any single country with their nearest. Of the 2 666 active artificial satellites orbiting the earth as of march 31 2020 1 327 belong to the united states. The database is updated three times a year. Countries by number of military satellites united states.

In 2013 the u k. Launched the strand 1 which was the first smartphone operated satellite to be launched into space. In 2009 the u k. The database contains 28 types of data for each satellite including technical information about each satellite mass power launch date expected lifetime and its orbit apogee perigee inclination and period as well as information on what the satellite is used for and who owns operates and built the satellite.

It presently operates large number of satellites including civil and military communications satellites earth observation satellites and scientific and exploration spacecraft. See also satellite communication. Note that some satellite launches were the result of collaborative efforts and are thus listed under multiple countries. The us accounts for nearly half of all the military satellites in space.

Launched the uk dmc 2 as part of the disaster monitoring constellation which provides emergency earth imaging for disaster relief. Space track s catalog includes each space object s name international designator country of origin and orbital parameters as well as its launch site date of decay if applicable and radar cross section size if available from sputnik 1 launched in 1957 and deorbited in 1958 to the most recent object launched in 2017.