Countries by number of military satellites united states.
List of satellites launched by different countries.
This is a list of satellites ordered alphabetically according to the country that launched them.
The database is updated three times a year.
In 2013 the u k.
This page is listing the satellites.
Countries with the most operational satellites in orbit.
It presently operates large number of satellites including civil and military communications satellites earth observation satellites and scientific and exploration spacecraft.
Note that some satellite launches were the result of collaborative efforts and are thus listed under multiple countries.
The total number of military satellites in the world is approximated at 320 with some countries owning several while others having none.
Launched the uk dmc 2 as part of the disaster monitoring constellation which provides emergency earth imaging for disaster relief.
See also satellite communication.
Launched the strand 1 which was the first smartphone operated satellite to be launched into space.
By 2013 there were 950 satellites of different types in earth s orbit.
In 2009 the u k.
Of the 2 666 active artificial satellites orbiting the earth as of march 31 2020 1 327 belong to the united states.
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 us accounts for nearly half of all the military satellites in space.
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.
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.