Operators
Satellite operators
13 organisations in this selection — commercial operators, agencies and military programmes — ranked by active payloads. The 13 shown here operate 1,020 active payloads.
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| # | Operator | Kind | Country | Active | On orbit | Total | Constellations | Launches | 365 d | First launch | Last launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) | Operator | China | 238 | 238 | 238 | 1 | 14 | 148 | 06 Aug 2024 | 05 Jul 2026 |
| 2 | China Satellite Network Group (SatNet) | Operator | China | 204 | 204 | 204 | 1 | 27 | 118 | 09 Jul 2023 | 16 Aug 2026 |
| 3 | China military / Yaogan programme | Military | China | 164 | 164 | 173 | 1 | 82 | 4 | 25 May 2007 | 15 Mar 2026 |
| 4 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Operator | China | 119 | 121 | 130 | 4 | 63 | 34 | 18 Apr 2004 | 17 Jun 2026 |
| 5 | Geespace (Geely) | Operator | China | 63 | 63 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 02 Jun 2022 | 24 Sept 2025 |
| 6 | China Satellite Navigation Office | Agency | China | 52 | 62 | 62 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 24 May 2003 | 19 Sept 2024 |
| 7 | China National Space Administration | Agency | China | 49 | 59 | 59 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 06 Sept 1988 | 26 Dec 2025 |
| 8 | Chang Guang Satellite Technology | Operator | China | 46 | 46 | 78 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 07 Oct 2015 | 14 Apr 2026 |
| 9 | Guodian Gaoke | Operator | China | 30 | 30 | 37 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 05 Jun 2019 | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 10 | People's Liberation Army (Strategic Support Force) | Military | China | 26 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 12 Sept 2015 | 30 Jul 2026 |
| 11 | China Satcom | Operator | China | 22 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 23 May 1984 | 20 Jun 2025 |
| 12 | AsiaSat | Operator | China | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 07 Apr 1990 | 28 Sept 2017 |
| 13 | Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology (Hongyun) | Operator | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 Dec 2018 | 21 Dec 2018 |
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