As of , over eighty countries have operated artificial satellites.
Denotes international organisations Denotes countries formerly part of another country which already had a spacecraft in orbit Denotes countries with disputed sovereignty or recognition and autonomous dependent territories
Country Satellite Operator Manufacturer Carrier rocket Launch site Date (UTC) Remarks Sputnik 1 OKB-1 OKB-1 Sputnik 8K71PS Baikonur First satellite launched Explorer 1 ABMA JPL Juno I RS-29 Cape Canaveral Ariel 1 RAE NASA / SERC Thor DM-19 Delta Cape Canaveral Alouette 1 DRDC DRDC Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg San Marco 1 CNR CRA Scout X-4 Wallops Astérix CNES CNES Diamant A Hammaguir WRESAT WRE WRE Sparta Woomera ESRO 2B ESRO Hawker Siddeley Scout B Vandenberg Azur DLR DLR / NASA Scout B Vandenberg Ohsumi ISAS ISAS Lambda-4S Kagoshima CAST CAST Chang Zheng 1 Jiuquan ANS SRONNASA Philips Scout D-1 Vandenberg Intasat INTA Standard Electrica Delta 2310 Vandenberg Aryabhata ISRO ISRO Kosmos-3M Kapustin Yar Palapa A1 Perumtel Hughes Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral Magion 1 IAP IG Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Bulgaria 1300 BSA Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Vostok-2M Plesetsk Arabsat-1A Arabsat Aérospatiale Ariane 3 Kourou Brasilsat A1 Embratel Hughes Morelos 1 SCT Hughes Kennedy Deployed using PAM-D during STS-51-G Viking SSC Boeing/ Saab Ariane 1 Kourou Ofek-1 IAI Shavit Palmachim Astra 1A SES Astra GE Astrospace Ariane 44LP Kourou Lusat AMSAT Argentina Ariane 40 Kourou AsiaSat 1 AsiaSat Hughes Chang Zheng 3 Xichang Hong Kong, a British Overseas Territory, became part of the People's Republic of China in July 1997 Badr-1 SUPARCO SUPARCO Chang Zheng 2E Xichang Kosmos 2175 Soyuz-U Plesetsk Successor state to the Soviet Union Kitsat-1 KAIST SSTL Ariane 42P Kourou PoSAT-1 PoSAT SSTL Ariane 40 Kourou Thaicom-1 Shin Satellite Hughes Ariane 44L Kourou Turksat 1B Türksat Aérospatiale Ariane 44LP Kourou Magion 4 IAP IAP Molniya-M Plesetsk Formerly part of Czechoslovakia Sich-1 Tsyklon-3 Plesetsk Formerly part of the Soviet Union FASat-Alfa SSTL Failed to separate MEASAT-1 MEASAT Hughes Ariane 44L Kourou Thor 2 Telenor Hughes Delta II 7925 Cape Canaveral Mabuhay (Agila 1) (former Palapa B2P) Mabuhay Delta-3920 Cape Canaveral Originally operated and launched for Indonesian company PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. Acquired while on orbit by Mabuhay in 1996 making it the first Philippine owned satellite. Mabuhay 1 (Agila 2) SS/Loral Chang Zheng 3B Xichang First Philippine satellite to be launched from space Nilesat 101 Nilesat Astrium Ariane 44P Kourou ST-1 SingTelChunghwa Astrium Ariane 44P Kourou Formosat-1 NSPO TRW Athena I Cape Canaveral SUNSAT Stellenbosch Stellenbosch Delta II 7920 Vandenberg Launched on same rocket as first Danish satellite Ørsted DMI CRI Launched on same rocket as first South African satellite GeorgiaReflektorEnergia-GPI Space Energia-GPI Space Soyuz-U Baikonur Site 1/517 July 1999Formerly part of the Soviet Union Thuraya 1 Thuraya Boeing Zenit-3SL Odyssey PROBA-1 ESA Verhaert Space Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Satish Dhawan Maroc-Tubsat TU Berlin Zenit-2 Baikonur Esiafi 1(formerly Comstar D4) TONGASAT SS/Loral Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR Cape Canaveral A private American satellite that transferred ownership to Tonga in April 2002 AlSAT-1 SSTL Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Hellas-Sat 2 Hellas-Sat Astrium Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral NigeriaSat-1 SSTL Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Sina-1 NPO Polyot Kosmos-3M Plesetsk KazSat-1 Khrunichev Proton-M/DM3 Baikonur Formerly part of the Soviet Union Libertad-1 Dnepr Baikonur Rascom-QAF 1 Rascom Alcatel Ariane 5GS Kourou Vinasat-1 Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group Lockheed Martin Ariane 5ECA Kourou Venesat-1 CAST Chang Zheng 3B/E Xichang AfghanistanEutelsat 48D / Afghansat 1Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and InformationEADS Astrium Ariane 5ECA Kourou20 December 2008Satellite leased to the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and Information in January 2014 SwissCube-1 PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan X-Sat SATREC PSLV-C Satish Dhawan ViaSat-1 ViaSat-IOM, ManSat, Telesat-IOM SS/Loral Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur Isle of Man is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign MaSat-1 BME Vega Kourou PW-Sat Warsaw University of Technology, Space Research Centre Deorbit on 28 October 2014 Goliat BelKA-2 Soyuz-FG/Fregat Baikonur Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 KCST Unha-3 Sohae Failed to operate in orbit Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos) Orbital Sciences Ariane 5ECA Kourou Independent since 1991 TUGSAT-1/UniBRITE UTAIS PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan Austria's first two satellites were launched together Bermudasat 1(former EchoStar VI) Bermudasat SS/Loral Atlas IIAS Cape Canaveral Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory; Bermudasat 1 (former private American EchoStar VI) satellite was transferred in April 2013 to Bermuda being at orbit NEE-01 Pegaso EXA EXA Chang Zheng 2D Jiuquan ESTCube-1 Vega Kourou Estonia was formerly part of the Soviet Union. O3b-1/O3b-2/O3b-3/O3b-4 O3b Networks Thales Alenia Space Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT Kourou Jersey's first four satellites were launched together. Jersey is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 EutelsatEs'hailSat SS/Loral Ariane 5ECA Kourou Qatar's first satellite flew as a joint project with the French corporation Eutelsat Es'hail 1 Es'hailSat SS/Loral Ariane 5ECA Kourou Full ownership of the joint France-Qatar satellite Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 was sold to Es'hailsat in 2018 PUCP-Sat 1 Dnepr Dombarovsky Pocket-PUCP Túpac Katari 1 CAST Chang Zheng 3B/E Xichang LitSat-1/Lituanica SAT-1 Antares 120 MARS LP-0A The first two Lithuanian satellites were launched together; both carried to the International Space Station and deployed later in the year. Lithuania was formerly part of the Soviet Union. Tigrisat MOSTLa Sapienza La Sapienza Dnepr Dombarovsky ANTELSAT ANTEL UdelaR TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT TNSA Alcatel Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral Formerly part of the Soviet Union. Laosat-1 Laos National Authority for Science and Technology CAST Chang Zheng 3B/E Xichang Aalto-2 Aalto University Aalto University Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral BRAC ONNESHA BRACU Kyushu Institute of Technology Falcon 9 Full Thrust Kennedy Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Mongolian satellites GhanaSat-1 All Nations University Launched on same rocket as first Bangladeshi and Mongolian satellites Mazaalai (satellite) National University of Mongolia Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Bangladeshi satellites Venta 1 Ventspils University College Ventspils University College PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Launched on same rocket as first Slovakian satellite skCUBE SOSA SOSA Formerly part of Czechoslovakia, Launched on same rocket as first Latvian satellite AngoSat 1 AngoSat RSC Energia Zenit-3F / Fregat-SB Baikonur Launch was successful but contact was lost quickly afterwards. On 28 December 2017, communication was restored and telemetry was received. Humanity Star Rocket Lab Rocket Lab Electron Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 First satellite launched by New Zealand launcher. Proyecto Irazú Costa Rica Institute of Technology Costa Rica Institute of Technology Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral First satellite of Central America. Manufactured in Costa Rica. 1KUNS-PF University of Nairobi University of Nairobi Launched on same rocket as first Costa Rican satellite. Bhutan 1 Bhutanese students under Kyutech-led second Joint Global Multination Birds Project (Birds-2) Kyushu Institute of Technology Falcon 9 Full Thrust Cape Canaveral JY1-SAT Jordanian students under the Crown Prince Foundation Falcon 9 Full Thrust Vandenberg NepaliSat-1 NAST for Nepal Academy of Science and Technology Kyushu Institute of Technology Antares 230 MARS LP0A Raavana 1 Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies Kyushu Institute of Technology RWASAT-1 Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority Rwandan engineers with support from the University of Tokyo H-IIB Tanegashima Space Center Yoshinobu Launch Complex Decay from orbit 27 April 2022 Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (SRSS-1) Sudan ISRA Long March 4B Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre LC-9 Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (ETRSS-1) Ethiopia Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute Long March 4B Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre Quetzal-1 Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Students from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral SLC-40 SloveniaTriSatUniversity of MariborUniversity of MariborVega Kourou3 September 2020Launched on same rocket as first Monégasque satellite.Nemo HDSpace-SIUTIAS / Space-SI MonacoOSM-1 CiceroOrbital Solutions Monaco Orbital Solutions MonacoLaunched on same rocket as first two Slovenian satellites. ParaguayGuaraniSat-1Paraguayan Space Agency and Kyutech-led fourth Joint Global Multination Birds Project Kyushu Institute of Technology Antares 230 MARS LP0A20 February 2021Launched on same rocket as first Myanma satellite. MyanmarLawkanat-1Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University Hokkaido University / Myanmar Aerospace Engineering UniversityLaunched on same rocket as first Paraguayan satellite. Challenge-1Telnet TunisieTelnet Tunisie Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat Baikonur Site 31/622 March 2021 KuwaitQMR-KWTOrbital Space KuwaitOrbital Space Kuwait Falcon 9 CCSFS SLC-4030 June 2021 Bahrain Light-1 New York University Abu Dhabi Engineers from Bahrain's space agency, NSSA, in collaboration with Khalifa University Falcon 9 CCSFS21 December 2021Bahrain's first satellite flew as a joint project with the UAE Space Agency Armenia SpainARMSAT_1Satlantis / GeocosmosSatlantis Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral SLC-4025 May 2022Joint satellite between Satlantis and Geocosmos MoldovaTUMnanoSATTechnical University of MoldovaTechnical University of Moldova Falcon 9 Kennedy LC-39A15 July 2022Formerly part of the Soviet UnionPearlAfricaSat-1Ministry of Science, Technology and InnovationKyushu Institute of Technology Antares MARS LP-0A7 November 2022Launched on the same rocket as the first Zimbabwean satelliteZIMSAT-1Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space AgencyKyushu Institute of TechnologyLaunched on the same rocket as the first Ugandan satelliteAlbania-1State Authority for Geospatial Information Satellogic Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral SLC-403 January 2023First Albanian satellites, launched as a pairAlbania-2Macao Science-1AMacau University of Science and Technology Macau University of Science and Technology Long March 2C Jiuquan LA-421 May 2023First Macanese satellites, launched as a pairMacao Science-1B Vatican City ItalySpeiSatDicastery for Communication/ASI ASI Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E12 June 2023Joint satellite between the Italian Space Agency and the Vatican Dicastery for CommunicationAMAN-1ETCO SatRev Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E11 November 2023Launched on the same rocket as the first Djiboutian satelliteDjibouti-1AUniversity of Djibouti University of MontpellierLaunched on the same rocket as the first Omani satellite Hayasat-1Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory, Center of Scientific Innovation and Education Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E1 December 2023 Formerly part of the Soviet Union. Launched on the same rocket as the first Irish satelliteEIRSAT-1University College Dublin University College Dublin Launched on the same rocket as the first Armenian satelliteSenSat University of Montpellier Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E16 August 2024CroCubeDruštvo EVO EVO / Spacemanic Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E21 December 2024BOTSAT-1Botswana International University of Science and TechnologyEnduroSat Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E15 March 2025 MontenegroLučaMontenegro Space ResearchAIVT by Sputnix Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Vostochny Site 1S28 December 2025
Suborbital only In addition, some countries have only attained a suborbital spaceflight, and have yet to launch a satellite into orbit.