Countries

Countries in orbit

105 countries and jurisdictions hold catalogued objects in orbit — together 16,808 active payloads, 34,731 objects on orbit and 12,511 tracked debris fragments. Attribution follows SATCAT owner codes mapped to ISO 3166 (joint programmes are listed under their lead entry); see the methodology.

Rank by

Top 10 · active payloads

By region · active payloads

North America13,041
Asia2,015
Europe1,631
South America51
Africa36
Oceania34

Regions aggregate the countries listed below; multinational organisations (e.g. ESA, Intelsat) appear as their own entry.

#	Country	Region	Active payloads	Payloads on orbit	Objects on orbit	Debris	Rocket bodies	Launches	Operators	Payloads 365 d
1	United StatesUSA	North America	12,977	14,022	18,762	3,958	781	2,549	29	3,874
2	ChinaCHN	Asia	1,507	1,595	6,124	4,220	284	770	14	446
3	United KingdomGBR	Europe	710	745	746	0	1	104	3	10
4	RussiaRUS	Europe	380	1,713	6,674	3,902	1,052	3,220	7	89
5	JapanJPN	Asia	149	245	335	36	53	227	3	38
6	FranceFRA	Europe	106	195	713	352	165	351	3	10
7	ItalyITA	Europe	81	94	95	0	1	63	1	28
8	IndiaIND	Asia	80	122	200	36	42	133	1	6
9	LuxembourgLUX	Europe	78	110	110	0	0	84	3	5
10	GermanyDEU	Europe	74	101	102	1	0	85	1	23
11	South KoreaKOR	Asia	61	69	73	0	4	47	0	21
12	CanadaCAN	North America	54	75	81	6	0	63	3	12
13	SpainESP	Europe	52	63	63	0	0	55	1	14
14	TürkiyeTUR	Asia	39	44	44	0	0	30	0	14
15	AustraliaAUS	Oceania	32	41	43	0	2	40	1	1
16	ArgentinaARG	South America	28	34	34	0	0	36	1	5
17	FinlandFIN	Europe	27	28	28	0	0	24	1	8
18	TaiwanTWN	Asia	26	34	34	0	0	21	0	13
19	Saudi ArabiaSAU	Asia	25	35	35	0	0	27	1	3
20	United Arab EmiratesARE	Asia	23	24	24	0	0	29	1	6
21	IsraelISR	Asia	20	24	24	0	0	35	1	0
22	NorwayNOR	Europe	20	27	27	0	0	22	0	2
23	GreeceGRC	Europe	19	20	20	0	0	10	1	15
24	SingaporeSGP	Asia	18	22	22	0	0	16	0	3
25	BrazilBRA	South America	14	23	23	0	0	27	2	0
26	PolandPOL	Europe	13	14	14	0	0	16	1	9
27	IranIRN	Asia	11	11	16	0	3	17	0	2
28	BelgiumBEL	Europe	10	10	10	0	0	12	0	1
29	IndonesiaIDN	Asia	10	20	20	0	0	23	0	1
30	PortugalPRT	Europe	10	11	11	0	0	7	1	8
31	EgyptEGY	Africa	9	13	13	0	0	14	0	0
32	PakistanPAK	Asia	8	12	12	0	0	12	0	2
33	SwitzerlandCHE	Europe	8	8	8	0	0	9	1	1
34	BulgariaBGR	Europe	7	7	7	0	0	10	0	4
35	MalaysiaMYS	Asia	7	12	12	0	0	12	1	0
36	RwandaRWA	Africa	7	7	7	0	0	7	0	0
37	ThailandTHA	Asia	7	12	12	0	0	16	1	0
38	AlgeriaDZA	Africa	6	8	8	0	0	6	0	2
39	NetherlandsNLD	Europe	6	10	10	0	0	18	2	3
40	BermudaBMU	North America	5	8	8	0	0	8	1	0
41	DenmarkDNK	Europe	5	9	9	0	0	14	0	1
42	KazakhstanKAZ	Asia	5	6	6	0	0	7	0	0
43	MexicoMEX	North America	5	10	10	0	0	12	3	0
44	AzerbaijanAZE	Asia	4	4	4	0	0	4	1	1
45	BelarusBLR	Europe	4	4	4	0	0	4	0	2
46	HungaryHUN	Europe	4	4	4	0	0	8	0	3
47	MoroccoMAR	Africa	4	4	4	0	0	3	0	0
48	VietnamVNM	Asia	4	4	4	0	0	6	0	1
49	ChileCHL	South America	3	4	4	0	0	6	0	0
50	Czech RepublicCZE	Europe	3	7	7	0	0	16	0	1
51	NigeriaNGA	Africa	3	5	5	0	0	5	0	0
52	AustriaAUT	Europe	2	3	3	0	0	3	0	0
53	EcuadorECU	South America	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
54	KuwaitKWT	Asia	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	1
55	LithuaniaLTU	Europe	2	2	2	0	0	11	1	0
56	PhilippinesPHL	Asia	2	3	3	0	0	4	0	0
57	SlovakiaSVK	Europe	2	2	2	0	0	4	0	1
58	SloveniaSVN	Europe	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
59	South AfricaZAF	Africa	2	3	3	0	0	8	0	0
60	SwedenSWE	Europe	2	12	12	0	0	13	2	0
61	VenezuelaVEN	South America	2	3	3	0	0	3	0	0
62	AngolaAGO	Africa	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
63	BahrainBHR	Asia	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
64	BangladeshBGD	Asia	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
65	BoliviaBOL	South America	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
66	BotswanaBWA	Africa	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
67	CroatiaHRV	Europe	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
68	DjiboutiDJI	Africa	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
69	EthiopiaETH	Africa	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
70	IraqIRQ	Asia	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
71	JordanJOR	Asia	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
72	LaosLAO	Asia	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
73	MauritiusMUS	Africa	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	0
74	MontenegroMNE	Europe	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
75	New ZealandNZL	Oceania	1	1	1	0	0	6	1	0
76	North KoreaPRK	Asia	1	1	2	0	1	3	0	0
77	PeruPER	South America	1	2	2	0	0	3	0	0
78	RomaniaROU	Europe	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
79	Solomon IslandsSLB	Oceania	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
80	TurkmenistanTKM	Asia	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
81	UkraineUKR	Europe	1	6	6	0	0	8	0	0
82	ArmeniaARM	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
83	BhutanBTN	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
84	ColombiaCOL	South America	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0
85	Costa RicaCRI	North America	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
86	EstoniaEST	Europe	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
87	GhanaGHA	Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
88	GuatemalaGTM	North America	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
89	IrelandIRL	Europe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
90	KenyaKEN	Africa	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
91	MoldovaMDA	Europe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
92	MonacoMCO	Europe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
93	MongoliaMNG	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
94	MyanmarMMR	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
95	NepalNPL	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
96	ParaguayPRY	South America	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
97	QatarQAT	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
98	SenegalSEN	Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
99	Sri LankaLKA	Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
100	SudanSDN	Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
101	TunisiaTUN	Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
102	UgandaUGA	Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
103	UruguayURY	South America	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
104	Vatican CityVAT	Europe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
105	ZimbabweZWE	Africa	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0