List Of Satellites Launched By Different Countries

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List of satellites launched by different countries.

This page is listing the satellites. This is by far the largest number of any single country with their nearest. Countries with the most operational satellites in orbit. Of the 2 666 active artificial satellites orbiting the earth as of march 31 2020 1 327 belong to the united states.

The total number of military satellites in the world is approximated at 320 with some countries owning several while others having none. In 2013 the u k. Note that some satellite launches were the result of collaborative efforts and are thus listed under multiple countries. Select any satellite listed to learn additional details perform live tracking or see satellite s passes visible from your location tracking 21498 objects as of 3 oct 2020 hd live streaming from space station.

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. 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. The us accounts for nearly half of all the military satellites in space.

Launched the strand 1 which was the first smartphone operated satellite to be launched into space. Launched the uk dmc 2 as part of the disaster monitoring constellation which provides emergency earth imaging for disaster relief. The united kingdom launched its first satellite ariel 1 in 1962 making it the third nation after the ussr and the us to launch artificial satellite into orbit. See also satellite communication.

This is a list of satellites ordered alphabetically according to the country that launched them. It presently operates large number of satellites including civil and military communications satellites earth observation satellites and scientific and exploration spacecraft.