Country
|
Satellite
|
Operator
|
Manufacturer
|
Carrier rocket[1]
|
Launch site[1]
|
Date (UTC)[1]
|
Remarks
|
Soviet Union |
Sputnik 1[2] |
OKB-1 |
OKB-1 |
Sputnik 8K71PS |
Baikonur |
4 October 1957 |
First satellite launched
|
United States |
Explorer 1[3] |
ABMA |
JPL |
Juno I RS-29 |
Cape Canaveral |
1 February 1958 |
|
United Kingdom |
Ariel 1[4] |
RAE |
NASA / SERC |
Thor DM-19 Delta |
Cape Canaveral |
26 April 1962 |
|
Canada |
Alouette 1[5] |
DRDC |
DRDC |
Thor DM-21 Agena-B |
Vandenberg |
29 September 1962 |
|
Italy |
San Marco 1[6] |
CNR |
CRA[6] |
Scout X-4 |
Wallops |
15 December 1964 |
|
France |
Astérix[7] |
CNES |
CNES |
Diamant A |
Hammaguir |
26 November 1965 |
|
Australia |
WRESAT[8] |
WRE |
WRE |
Sparta |
Woomera |
29 November 1967 |
|
- Belgium
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
|
ESRO 2B[9]
|
ESRO
|
Hawker Siddeley[9]
|
Scout B
|
Vandenberg
|
17 May 1968[10] |
|
West Germany |
Azur[11] |
DLR |
DLR / NASA |
Scout B |
Vandenberg |
8 November 1969 |
|
Japan |
Ohsumi[12] |
ISAS |
ISAS |
Lambda-4S |
Kagoshima |
11 February 1970 |
|
People's Republic of China |
Dongfanghong I[13] |
CAST |
CAST |
Chang Zheng 1 |
Jiuquan |
24 April 1970 |
|
Netherlands |
ANS[14] |
SRON / NASA |
Philips |
Scout D-1 |
Vandenberg |
30 August 1974 |
|
Spain |
Intasat[14] |
INTA |
Standard Electrica |
Delta 2310 |
Vandenberg |
15 November 1974 |
|
India |
Aryabhata[14] |
ISRO |
ISRO |
Kosmos-3M |
Kapustin Yar |
19 April 1975 |
|
Indonesia |
Palapa A1[14] |
Perumtel |
Hughes |
Delta 2914 |
Cape Canaveral |
8 July 1976 |
|
Czechoslovakia |
Magion 1[14] |
IAP |
IG |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk |
24 October 1978 |
|
Bulgaria |
Bulgaria 1300[14] |
BSA |
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
Vostok-2M |
Plesetsk |
7 August 1981 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
Arabsat-1A |
Arabsat |
Aérospatiale |
Ariane 3 |
Kourou |
8 February 1985 |
|
Brazil |
Brasilsat A1[14] |
Embratel |
Hughes |
|
Mexico |
Morelos 1[14] |
SCT |
Hughes |
Space Shuttle Discovery |
Kennedy |
17 June 1985 |
Deployed using PAM-D during STS-51-G
|
Sweden |
Viking |
SSC |
Boeing/
Saab |
Ariane 1 |
Kourou |
22 February 1986 |
|
Israel |
Ofek-1 |
|
IAI |
Shavit |
Palmachim |
19 September 1988 |
|
Luxembourg |
Astra 1A |
SES Astra |
GE Astrospace |
Ariane 44LP |
Kourou |
11 December 1988 |
|
Argentina |
Lusat |
AMSAT Argentina |
|
Ariane 40 |
Kourou |
22 January 1990 |
|
Hong Kong |
AsiaSat 1 |
AsiaSat |
Hughes |
Chang Zheng 3 |
Xichang |
7 April 1990 |
Hong Kong, a British Overseas Territory, became part of the People's Republic of China in July 1997
|
Pakistan |
Badr-1 |
SUPARCO |
SUPARCO |
Chang Zheng 2E |
Xichang |
16 July 1990 |
|
Russia |
Kosmos 2175 |
|
![Russia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png) |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk |
21 January 1992 |
Successor state to the Soviet Union
|
South Korea |
Kitsat-1 |
KAIST |
SSTL |
Ariane 42P |
Kourou |
10 August 1992 |
|
Portugal |
PoSAT-1 |
PoSAT |
SSTL |
Ariane 40 |
Kourou |
26 September 1993 |
|
Thailand |
Thaicom-1 |
Shin Satellite |
Hughes |
Ariane 44L |
Kourou |
18 December 1993 |
|
Turkey |
Turksat 1B |
Türksat |
Aérospatiale |
Ariane 44LP |
Kourou |
10 August 1994 |
|
Czech Republic |
Magion 4 |
IAP |
IAP |
Molniya-M |
Plesetsk |
2 August 1995 |
Formerly part of Czechoslovakia
|
Ukraine |
Sich-1 |
|
|
Tsyklon-3 |
Plesetsk |
31 August 1995 |
Formerly part of the Soviet Union
|
Chile |
FASat-Alfa |
|
SSTL |
Failed to separate
|
Malaysia |
MEASAT-1 |
MEASAT |
Hughes |
Ariane 44L |
Kourou |
13 January 1996 |
|
Norway |
Thor 2 |
Telenor |
Hughes |
Delta II 7925 |
Cape Canaveral |
20 May 1997 |
|
Philippines |
Mabuhay (Agila 1) (former Palapa B2P) |
Mabuhay |
|
Delta-3920 |
Cape Canaveral |
20 March 1987 |
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 |
19 August 1997 |
First Philippine satellite to be launched from space
|
Egypt |
Nilesat 101 |
Nilesat |
Astrium |
Ariane 44P |
Kourou |
28 April 1998 |
|
Singapore
Taiwan |
ST-1 |
SingTel Chunghwa |
Astrium |
Ariane 44P |
Kourou |
25 August 1998 |
|
Taiwan |
Formosat-1 |
NSPO |
TRW |
Athena I |
Cape Canaveral |
27 January 1999 |
|
South Africa |
SUNSAT |
Stellenbosch |
Stellenbosch |
Delta II 7920 |
Vandenberg |
23 February 1999 |
Launched on same rocket as first Danish satellite
|
Denmark |
Ørsted |
DMI[15] |
CRI[15] |
Launched on same rocket as first South African satellite
|
Georgia[16]
|
Reflektor
|
Energia-GPI Space
|
Energia-GPI Space
|
Soyuz-U
|
Baikonur Site 1/5
|
17 July 1999
|
Formerly part of the Soviet Union
|
United Arab Emirates |
Thuraya 1 |
Thuraya |
Boeing |
Zenit-3SL |
Odyssey |
21 October 2000 |
|
Belgium |
PROBA-1 |
ESA |
Verhaert Space |
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
Satish Dhawan |
22 October 2001 |
|
Morocco |
Maroc-Tubsat |
|
TU Berlin |
Zenit-2 |
Baikonur |
10 December 2001 |
|
Tonga |
Esiafi 1 (formerly Comstar D4) |
TONGASAT |
SS/Loral |
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR |
Cape Canaveral |
21 February 1981 |
A private American satellite that transferred ownership to Tonga in April 2002
|
Algeria |
AlSAT-1 |
|
SSTL |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk |
28 November 2002 |
|
Greece |
Hellas-Sat 2 |
Hellas-Sat |
Astrium |
Atlas V 401 |
Cape Canaveral |
13 May 2003 |
|
Nigeria |
NigeriaSat-1 |
|
SSTL |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk |
27 September 2003 |
|
Iran |
Sina-1 |
|
NPO Polyot |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk |
27 October 2005 |
|
Kazakhstan |
KazSat-1 |
|
Khrunichev |
Proton-M/DM3 |
Baikonur |
17 June 2006 |
Formerly part of the Soviet Union
|
Colombia |
Libertad-1 |
|
![United States](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) ![Colombia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png) |
Dnepr |
Baikonur |
17 April 2007 |
|
Mauritius |
Rascom-QAF 1 |
Rascom |
Alcatel |
Ariane 5GS |
Kourou |
21 December 2007 |
|
Vietnam |
Vinasat-1 |
Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group |
Lockheed Martin |
Ariane 5ECA |
Kourou |
18 April 2008 |
|
Venezuela |
Venesat-1 |
|
CAST |
Chang Zheng 3B/E |
Xichang |
29 October 2008 |
|
Afghanistan
|
Eutelsat 48D / Afghansat 1
|
Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and Information
|
EADS Astrium
|
Ariane 5ECA
|
Kourou
|
20 December 2008
|
Satellite leased to the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and Information in January 2014
|
Switzerland |
SwissCube-1 |
|
![Switzerland](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png) |
PSLV-CA |
Satish Dhawan |
23 September 2009 |
|
Singapore |
X-Sat |
|
SATREC |
PSLV-C |
Satish Dhawan |
20 April 2011 |
|
Isle of Man |
ViaSat-1 |
ViaSat-IOM, ManSat, Telesat-IOM |
SS/Loral |
Proton-M/Briz-M |
Baikonur |
19 October 2011 |
Isle of Man is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign
|
Hungary |
MaSat-1[17] |
|
BME |
Vega |
Kourou |
13 February 2012 |
|
Poland |
PW-Sat[17] |
Warsaw University of Technology, Space Research Centre |
|
Deorbit on 28 October 2014
|
Romania |
Goliat[17] |
|
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|
Belarus |
BelKA-2[18][19] |
|
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Soyuz-FG/Fregat |
Baikonur |
22 July 2012 |
|
North Korea |
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2[20] |
KCST |
![North Korea](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png) |
Unha-3 |
Sohae |
12 December 2012 |
Failed to operate in orbit
|
Azerbaijan |
Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a[21] |
Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos) |
Orbital Sciences |
Ariane 5ECA |
Kourou |
7 February 2013 |
Independent since 1991
|
Austria |
TUGSAT-1/UniBRITE[22] |
|
UTAIS |
PSLV-CA |
Satish Dhawan |
25 February 2013 |
Austria's first two satellites were launched together
|
Bermuda |
Bermudasat 1 (former EchoStar VI) |
Bermudasat |
SS/Loral |
Atlas IIAS |
Cape Canaveral |
14 July 2000 |
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory; Bermudasat 1 (former private American EchoStar VI) satellite was transferred in April 2013 to Bermuda being at orbit
|
Ecuador |
NEE-01 Pegaso[23] |
EXA |
EXA |
Chang Zheng 2D |
Jiuquan |
26 April 2013 |
|
Estonia |
ESTCube-1 |
|
![Estonia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png) |
Vega |
Kourou |
7 May 2013 |
Estonia was formerly part of the Soviet Union.
|
Jersey |
O3b-1/O3b-2/O3b-3/O3b-4 |
O3b Networks |
Thales Alenia Space |
Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT |
Kourou |
25 June 2013 |
Jersey's first four satellites were launched together. Jersey is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign
|
France
Qatar |
Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 |
Eutelsat Es'hailSat |
SS/Loral |
Ariane 5ECA |
Kourou |
29 August 2013 |
Qatar's first satellite flew as a joint project with the French corporation Eutelsat
|
Qatar |
Es'hail 1 |
Es'hailSat |
SS/Loral |
Ariane 5ECA |
Kourou |
29 August 2013 |
Full ownership of the joint France-Qatar satellite Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 was sold to Es'hailsat in 2018 [24]
|
Peru |
PUCP-Sat 1 |
|
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Dnepr |
Dombarovsky |
21 November 2013 |
|
Pocket-PUCP
|
Bolivia |
Túpac Katari 1 |
|
CAST |
Chang Zheng 3B/E |
Xichang |
20 December 2013 |
|
Lithuania |
LitSat-1/Lituanica SAT-1 |
|
![Lithuania](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png) |
Antares 120 |
MARS LP-0A |
9 January 2014 |
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.
|
Iraq |
Tigrisat |
MOST / La Sapienza |
La Sapienza |
Dnepr |
Dombarovsky |
19 June 2014 |
|
Uruguay |
ANTELSAT |
ANTEL |
UdelaR |
|
Turkmenistan |
TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT |
TNSA |
Alcatel |
Falcon 9 |
Cape Canaveral |
27 April 2015 |
Formerly part of the Soviet Union.
|
Laos |
Laosat-1 |
Laos National Authority for Science and Technology |
CAST |
Chang Zheng 3B/E |
Xichang |
20 November 2015 |
|
Finland |
Aalto-2 |
Aalto University |
Aalto University |
Atlas V 401 |
Cape Canaveral |
18 April 2017 |
|
Bangladesh |
BRAC ONNESHA |
BRACU |
KIT |
Falcon 9 Full Thrust |
Kennedy |
3 June 2017 |
Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Mongolian satellites
|
Ghana |
GhanaSat-1 |
All Nations University |
Launched on same rocket as first Bangladeshi and Mongolian satellites
|
Mongolia |
Mazaalai (satellite) |
National University of Mongolia |
Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Bangladeshi satellites
|
Latvia |
Venta 1 |
Ventspils University College |
Ventspils University College |
PSLV-CA |
Satish Dhawan |
23 June 2017 |
Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Launched on same rocket as first Slovakian satellite
|
Slovakia |
skCUBE |
SOSA |
SOSA |
Formerly part of Czechoslovakia, Launched on same rocket as first Latvian satellite
|
Angola |
AngoSat 1 |
AngoSat |
RSC Energia |
Zenit-3F / Fregat-SB |
Baikonur |
26 December 2017 |
Launch was successful but contact was lost quickly afterwards.[25] On 28 December 2017, communication was restored and telemetry was received.[26]
|
New Zealand |
Humanity Star |
Rocket Lab |
Rocket Lab |
Electron |
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 |
21 January 2018 |
First satellite launched by New Zealand launcher.
|
Costa Rica |
Proyecto Irazú |
Costa Rica Institute of Technology |
Costa Rica Institute of Technology |
Falcon 9 |
Cape Canaveral |
2 April 2018 |
First satellite of Central America. Manufactured in Costa Rica.[27]
|
Kenya |
1KUNS-PF |
University of Nairobi |
University of Nairobi ![Kenya](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png) |
Launched on same rocket as first Costa Rican satellite.
|
Bhutan |
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 |
29 June 2018
|
|
Jordan |
JY1-SAT |
Jordanian students under the Crown Prince Foundation |
|
Falcon 9 Full Thrust |
Vandenberg |
3 December 2018
|
|
Nepal |
NepaliSat-1 |
NAST for Nepal Academy of Science and Technology |
Kyushu Institute of Technology |
Antares 230 |
MARS LP0A |
17 April 2019
|
|
Sri Lanka |
Raavana 1 |
Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies |
Kyushu Institute of Technology
|
|
Rwanda |
RWASAT-1 |
Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority |
Rwandan engineers with support from the University of Tokyo |
H-IIB |
Tanegashima Space Center Yoshinobu Launch Complex |
24 September 2019 |
Decay from orbit 27 April 2022
|
Sudan |
Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (SRSS-1) |
Sudan |
ISRA |
Long March 4B |
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre LC-9 |
3 November 2019 |
|
Ethiopia |
Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (ETRSS-1) |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopia Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute |
Long March 4B |
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre |
20 December 2019 |
|
Guatemala |
Quetzal-1 |
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala |
Guatemala Students from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala |
Falcon 9 |
Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
7 March 2020 |
|
Slovenia
|
TRISAT
|
University of Maribor
|
University of Maribor
|
Vega
|
Kourou
|
3 September 2020
|
Launched on same rocket as first Monégasque satellite.
|
NEMO-HD
|
Space-SI
|
UTIAS / Space-SI
|
Monaco
|
OSM-1 Cicero
|
Orbital Solutions Monaco
|
Orbital Solutions Monaco
|
Launched on same rocket as first two Slovenian satellites.
|
Paraguay
|
GuaraniSat-1
|
Paraguayan Space Agency and Kyutech-led fourth Joint Global Multination Birds Project
|
Kyushu Institute of Technology
|
Antares 230
|
MARS LP0A
|
20 February 2021
|
Launched on same rocket as first Myanma satellite.
|
Myanmar
|
Lawkanat-1[28]
|
Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University
|
Hokkaido University / Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University
|
Launched on same rocket as first Paraguayan satellite.
|
Tunisia
|
Challenge-1
|
Telnet Tunisie
|
Telnet Tunisie
|
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
|
Baikonur Site 31/6
|
22 March 2021
|
|
Kuwait
|
QMR-KWT
|
Orbital Space Kuwait
|
Orbital Space Kuwait
|
Falcon 9
|
CCSFS SLC-40
|
30 June 2021
|
|
Bahrain
United Arab Emirates |
Light-1 |
New York University Abu Dhabi |
Engineers from Bahrain's space agency, NSSA, in collaboration with Khalifa University
|
Falcon 9
|
CCSFS
|
21 December 2021
|
Bahrain's first satellite flew as a joint project with the UAE Space Agency
|
Armenia
Spain
|
ARMSAT_1
|
Satlantis / Geocosmos
|
Satlantis
|
Falcon 9
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
25 May 2022
|
Joint satellite between Satlantis and Geocosmos
|
Moldova
|
TUMnanoSAT
|
Technical University of Moldova
|
Technical University of Moldova
|
Falcon 9
|
Kennedy LC-39A
|
15 July 2022
|
Formerly part of the Soviet Union
|
Uganda
|
PearlAfricaSat-1
|
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
|
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
|
Antares
|
MARS LP-0A
|
7 November 2022
|
Launched on the same rocket as the first Zimbabwean satellite
|
Zimbabwe
|
ZIMSAT-1
|
Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency
|
Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency
|
Launched on the same rocket as the first Ugandan satellite
|
Albania
|
Albania-1
|
State Authority for Geospatial Information
|
Satellogic
|
Falcon 9
|
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
3 January 2023
|
First Albanian satellites, launched as a pair
|
Albania-2
|
Vatican City
Italy
|
SpeiSat
|
Dicastery for Communication/ASI
|
ASI
|
Falcon 9
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
12 June 2023
|
Joint satellite between the Italian Space Agency and the Vatican Dicastery for Communication
|
Oman
|
AMAN-1
|
ETCO
|
SatRev
|
Falcon 9
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
11 November 2023
|
Launched on the same rocket as the first Djiboutian satellite
|
Djibouti
|
Djibouti-1A
|
University of Djibouti
|
University of Montpellier
|
Launched on the same rocket as the first Omani satellite
|
Armenia
|
Hayasat-1
|
Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory
|
Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory, Center of Scientific Innovation and Education
|
Falcon 9
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
1 December 2023
|
Launched on the same rocket as the first Irish satellite
|
Ireland
|
EIRSAT-1
|
University College Dublin
|
University College Dublin
|
Launched on the same rocket as the first Armenian satellite
|
Senegal
|
GAINDESAT-1A [fr]
|
SenSat
|
University of Montpellier
|
Falcon 9
|
Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
16 August 2024
|
|