Space

Satellites in orbit (by owner country)

Payloads in Earth orbit at the end of each year, active or not, by owner country (multinational operators excluded). Count by Statlas Research from the CelesTrak catalog.

Year

Highest · 2026

United States

13,920

Coverage · 2026

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2026

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#	Country	Value
1	United States	13,920
2	Russia	1,673
3	China	1,664
4	United Kingdom	746
5	Japan	237
6	France	130
7	India	118
8	Germany	104
9	Italy	97
10	South Korea	84
11	Canada	78
12	Spain	71
13	Turkey	45
14	Australia	41
15	Taiwan	35
16	Saudi Arabia	34
17	Argentina	33
18	Finland	30
19	Norway	27
20	Israel	24
20	United Arab Emirates	24
22	Brazil	23
23	Greece	21
23	Singapore	21
25	Indonesia	20
26	Poland	16
27	Portugal	14
28	Egypt	13
28	Iran	13
28	Sweden	13
31	Luxembourg	12
31	Netherlands	12
33	Malaysia	11
33	Pakistan	11
33	Thailand	11
36	Belgium	10
36	Denmark	10
36	Mexico	10
39	Algeria	8
39	Switzerland	8
41	Czechia	7
41	Kazakhstan	7
41	Rwanda	7
41	Ukraine	7
45	Bulgaria	6
46	Nigeria	5
47	Azerbaijan	4
47	Belarus	4
47	Hungary	4
47	Morocco	4
47	Vietnam	4
52	Chile	3
52	Philippines	3
52	Slovenia	3
52	South Africa	3
52	Venezuela	3
57	Ecuador	2
57	Kuwait	2
57	Lithuania	2
57	Peru	2
57	Slovakia	2
62	Bangladesh	1
62	Colombia	1
62	Estonia	1
62	New Zealand	1
62	North Korea	1
62	Romania	1

Source: CelesTrak satellite catalog (SATCAT) — Satellites in orbit — Statlas Research · Unit: satellites · Year: 2026 · 67 entries