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.

In 2009 the u k. This page is listing the satellites. Countries by number of military satellites united states. The us accounts for nearly half of all the military satellites in space.

Note that some satellite launches were the result of collaborative efforts and are thus listed under multiple countries. Launched the uk dmc 2 as part of the disaster monitoring constellation which provides emergency earth imaging for disaster relief. Of the 2 666 active artificial satellites orbiting the earth as of march 31 2020 1 327 belong to the united states. In 2013 the u k.

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. The database is updated three times a year. By 2013 there were 950 satellites of different types in earth s orbit. This is by far the largest number of any single country with their nearest.

See also satellite communication. The total number of military satellites in the world is approximated at 320 with some countries owning several while others having none. 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. Launched the strand 1 which was the first smartphone operated satellite to be launched into space.

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. Countries with the most operational satellites in orbit.