European Space Agency Satellites
Data current as of 2026-07-21.
European Space Agency is responsible for 180 cataloged objects, of which 118 are in orbit and 39 are active. 93 of those are payloads, with 87 rocket bodies and debris. 58 have reentered. The first launched in 1975, and the most recent in 2026. Its most prolific operator by object count is European Space Agency. European Space Agency is an international organization rather than a sovereign state.
118
In orbit
39
Active
180
Total cataloged
58
Reentered
Object types
93
Payloads
87
Other (rocket bodies + debris)
European Space Agency satellites launched per year
Still in orbit Since reentered Click a year to list its satellites.
Top operators
The organizations responsible for the most European Space Agency objects.
| Operator | Objects |
|---|---|
| European Space Agency | 82 |
| ESA/GSAEU | 4 |
| EUSPA | 2 |
| COPERN/ESA | 2 |
| European Space Agency (ESA) | 1 |
| EUMET | 1 |
| CAS/ESA | 1 |
Top spacecraft buses
The platforms European Space Agency satellites are built on.
European Space Agency satellites
The 100 most recently launched, of 180. Track any of them live in KeepTrack.
| Name | NORAD | COSPAR | Bus | Owner | Launched | Orbit | Status | Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMILE | 69123 | 2026-109A | CAS | CAS/ESA | May 19, 2026 | 3032 min, 70.1° | Inactive | ◉ |
| LPNTSAT-002 | 68409 | 2026-065B | Cubesat 16U | ESA | Mar 28, 2026 | 95 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| LPNTSAT-001 | 68408 | 2026-065A | Cubesat 12U | ESA | Mar 28, 2026 | 95 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| GALILEO 34 (139) GSAT0234,Galileo139 | 67162 | 2025-302C | Galileo | EUSPA | Dec 17, 2025 | 845 min, 54.4° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT B | 67161 | 2025-302B | ULPM | AE | Dec 17, 2025 | 833 min, 54.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| GALILEO 33 (138) GSAT0233,Galileo138 | 67160 | 2025-302A | Galileo | EUSPA | Dec 17, 2025 | 845 min, 54.4° | Active | ◉ |
| HYDROGNSS-2 | 66763 | 2025-276DB | SSTL-21 | ESA | Nov 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| HYDROGNSS-1 | 66762 | 2025-276DA | SSTL-21 | ESA | Nov 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-6B | 66514 | 2025-264A | Flexbus | COPERN/ESA | Nov 17, 2025 | 112 min, 66.0° | Active | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1D | 66315 | 2025-251A | PRIMA | COPERN/ESA | Nov 4, 2025 | 99 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| METOP SG-A | 65159 | 2025-172A | Metop | EUMET | Aug 13, 2025 | 101 min, 98.7° | Active | ◉ |
| BIOMASS | 63772 | 2025-090A | Biomass | ESA | Apr 29, 2025 | 98 min, 98.1° | Active | ◉ |
| PROBA-3 OSC Occulter Spacecraft | 62258 | 2024-233C | Myriade | European Space Agency (ESA) | Dec 5, 2024 | 1180 min, 59.7° | Active | ◉ |
| PROBA-3 CSC PROBA-3 CSC | 62256 | 2024-233A | Myriade | ESA | Dec 5, 2024 | 1180 min, 59.7° | Active | ◉ |
| HERA HERA | 61449 | 2024-180A | HERA | ESA | Oct 7, 2024 | · | Active | ◉ |
| ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE AWS | 60543 | 2024-149CD | InnoSat | ESA | Aug 16, 2024 | 97 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| ARIANE 6 R/B Ariane 6 Dummy Payload | 60239 | 2024-128E | Ari6DP | ESA | Jul 9, 2024 | 96 min, 62.0° | Inactive | ◉ |
| PVCC PVCC | 58025 | 2023-155K | Cubesat 12U | ESA | Oct 9, 2023 | 95 min, 97.6° | Active | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57662 | 2013-021L | · | ESA | Aug 1, 2023 | 97 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57661 | 2013-021K | · | ESA | Aug 1, 2023 | 93 min, 98.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57660 | 2013-021J | · | ESA | Aug 1, 2023 | 94 min, 98.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57659 | 2013-021H | · | ESA | Aug 1, 2023 | 93 min, 98.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57658 | 2013-021G | · | ESA | Aug 1, 2023 | 92 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57657 | 2013-021F | · | ESA | Aug 1, 2023 | 92 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57656 | 2013-021E | · | ESA | Aug 1, 2023 | 94 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| EUCLID Euclid | 57209 | 2023-092A | Euclid | ESA | Jul 1, 2023 | 90 min, 37.0° | Active | ◉ |
| JUICE JUICE | 56176 | 2023-053A | JUICE | ESA | Apr 14, 2023 | · | Active | ◉ |
| ROBUSTA-1F (MTCUBE 2) Vega AVUM VV21 | 53109 | 2022-080E | AVUM | ESA | Jul 13, 2022 | 224 min, 70.1° | Active | ◉ |
| ISS DEB EVA debris | 52432 | 1998-067TN | ERA | ESA | Apr 28, 2022 | 92 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ISS DEB ERA MLI Bundle | 52329 | 1998-067TM | ERA | ESA | Apr 28, 2022 | 90 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ARIANE 1 DEB deb CAT 03 | 48343 | 1981-057G | · | ESA | Apr 1, 2021 | 501 min, 11.0° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ISS DEB [COLKA COVER] ColKa cover | 47513 | 1998-067RY | · | ESA | Feb 15, 2020 | 89 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SOLAR ORBITER Solar Orbiter | 45167 | 2020-010A | Solo | ESA | Feb 10, 2020 | · | Active | ◉ |
| OPS-SAT OPS-SAT | 44878 | 2019-092F | Cubesat 3U | ESA | Dec 18, 2019 | 87 min, 97.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| CHEOPS CHEOPS | 44874 | 2019-092B | SEOSAT | ESA | Dec 18, 2019 | 98 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| EDRS-C EDRS C | 44475 | 2019-049A | SmallGEO | ESA | Aug 6, 2019 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS 2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 44440 | 1995-021K | · | ESA | Jun 1, 2019 | 89 min, 98.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ESEO ESEO | 43792 | 2018-099AL | ESEO | ESA | Dec 3, 2018 | 96 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| BEPICOLOMBO BepiColombo MPO | 43653 | 2018-080A | MPO | ESA | Oct 20, 2018 | · | Active | ◉ |
| AEOLUS Aeolus | 43600 | 2018-066A | Mars Express | ESA | Aug 22, 2018 | 87 min, 96.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB deb ESC-A L540 | 43384 | 2008-030G | · | ESA | Jan 1, 2018 | 623 min, 1.9° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB deb ESC-A L540 | 43383 | 2008-030F | · | ESA | Jan 1, 2018 | 546 min, 2.1° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB deb ESC-A L540 | 43382 | 2008-030E | · | ESA | Jan 1, 2018 | 562 min, 2.2° | Inactive | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB [ADAPTOR] VESPA Upper Part | 42902 | 2017-044C | Vespa | ESA | Aug 2, 2017 | 87 min, 97.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 43417 | 2014-016J | · | ESA | Aug 23, 2016 | 95 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41804 | 2014-016H | · | ESA | Aug 23, 2016 | 91 min, 98.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41803 | 2014-016G | · | ESA | Aug 23, 2016 | 93 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41802 | 2014-016F | · | ESA | Aug 23, 2016 | 93 min, 98.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41801 | 2014-016E | · | ESA | Aug 23, 2016 | 94 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41800 | 2014-016D | · | ESA | Aug 23, 2016 | 91 min, 98.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41799 | 2014-016C | · | ESA | Aug 23, 2016 | 92 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41798 | 2014-016B | · | ESA | Aug 23, 2016 | 91 min, 98.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB [ADAPTOR] VESPA Upper Part | 41775 | 2016-058F | Vespa | ESA | Sep 16, 2016 | 88 min, 97.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| EXOMARS ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter | 41388 | 2016-017A | Spacebus | ESA | Mar 14, 2016 | · | Active | ◉ |
| LISA PATHFINDER LISA Pathfinder | 41043 | 2015-070A | Lisa | ESA | Dec 3, 2015 | 102 min, 6.0° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ATV-5 (GEORGES LEMAITRE) Georges Lemaitre | 40103 | 2014-044A | ATV | ESA | Jul 29, 2014 | 92 min, 51.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A Sentinel-1A | 39634 | 2014-016A | Prisma | ESA | Apr 3, 2014 | 99 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS 2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 39478 | 1995-021H | · | ESA | Jan 1, 2014 | 89 min, 98.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| GAIA Gaia | 39479 | 2013-074A | Gaia | ESA | Dec 19, 2013 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| SWARM C Swarm C | 39453 | 2013-067C | Flexbus | ESA | Nov 22, 2013 | 93 min, 87.3° | Active | ◉ |
| SWARM A Swarm A | 39452 | 2013-067B | Flexbus | ESA | Nov 22, 2013 | 93 min, 87.3° | Active | ◉ |
| SWARM B Swarm B | 39451 | 2013-067A | Flexbus | ESA | Nov 22, 2013 | 94 min, 87.7° | Active | ◉ |
| ISS DEB WAL-6 antenna cover | 39230 | 1998-067CY | · | ESA | Aug 19, 2013 | 88 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ATV-4 (ALBERT EINSTEIN) Albert Einstein | 39175 | 2013-027A | ATV | ESA | Jun 5, 2013 | 91 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB [ADAPTOR] VESPA Upper Part | 39162 | 2013-021D | Vespa | ESA | May 7, 2013 | 99 min, 98.8° | Inactive | ◉ |
| PROBA-V PROBA-V | 39159 | 2013-021A | Proba-2 | ESA | May 7, 2013 | 101 min, 98.4° | Active | ◉ |
| GSAT0104 (GALILEO-FM4) GalileoSat-4 | 38858 | 2012-055B | GalileoSat | ESA/GSAEU | Oct 12, 2012 | 875 min, 55.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
| GSAT0103 (GALILEO-FM3) GalileoSat-3 | 38857 | 2012-055A | GalileoSat | ESA/GSAEU | Oct 12, 2012 | 845 min, 55.8° | Active | ◉ |
| ATV-3 (EDOARDO AMALDI) Edoardo Amaldi | 38096 | 2012-010A | ATV | ESA | Mar 23, 2012 | 93 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| GSAT0102 (GALILEO-FM2) GalileoSat-2 | 37847 | 2011-060B | GalileoSat | ESA/GSAEU | Oct 21, 2011 | 845 min, 57.0° | Active | ◉ |
| GSAT0101 (GALILEO-PFM) GalileoSat-1 | 37846 | 2011-060A | GalileoSat | ESA/GSAEU | Oct 21, 2011 | 845 min, 57.0° | Active | ◉ |
| ATV-2 (JOHANNES KEPLER) Johannes Kepler | 37368 | 2011-007A | ATV | ESA | Feb 16, 2011 | 92 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| CRYOSAT 2 CRYOSAT 2 | 36508 | 2010-013A | Flexbus | ESA | Apr 8, 2010 | 99 min, 92.0° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 48172 | 1991-050U | · | ESA | Jun 10, 2009 | 91 min, 98.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 42669 | 1991-050T | · | ESA | Jun 10, 2009 | 90 min, 98.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 39610 | 1991-050S | · | ESA | Jun 10, 2009 | 91 min, 98.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| PROBA-2 PROBA-2 | 36037 | 2009-059B | Proba | ESA | Nov 2, 2009 | 99 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| SMOS SMOS | 36036 | 2009-059A | Proteus | ESA | Nov 2, 2009 | 100 min, 98.4° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35262 | 1991-050R | · | ESA | Jun 10, 2009 | 98 min, 98.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35261 | 1991-050Q | · | ESA | Jun 10, 2009 | 90 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35260 | 1991-050P | · | ESA | Jun 10, 2009 | 99 min, 98.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35259 | 1991-050N | · | ESA | Jun 10, 2009 | 98 min, 98.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35258 | 1991-050M | · | ESA | Jun 10, 2009 | 90 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| PLANCK Planck | 34938 | 2009-026B | Planck | ESA | May 14, 2009 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| HERSCHEL Herschel | 34937 | 2009-026A | Herschel | ESA | May 14, 2009 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| GOCE GOCE | 34602 | 2009-013A | GOCE | ESA | Mar 17, 2009 | 87 min, 96.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| GSAT0002 (GIOVE-B) Giove-B | 32781 | 2008-020A | Proteus | ESA | Apr 27, 2008 | 871 min, 60.0° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ATV-1 (JULES VERNE) Jules Verne | 32686 | 2008-008A | ATV | ESA | Mar 9, 2008 | 91 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ISS DEB [ANTENNA] ATV-PCE WAL-6 | 40812 | 1998-067GW | · | ESA | Mar 2, 2005 | 88 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| GSAT0001 (GIOVE-A) Giove A | 28922 | 2005-051A | SSTL-600 | ESA | Dec 28, 2005 | 850 min, 58.9° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA] Sylda 5 SY-17C | 28905 | 2005-046D | SYLDA 5 | ESA | Nov 16, 2005 | 89 min, 6.9° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 R/B Ariane 5 L522 ESC-A | 28904 | 2005-046C | ESC-A | ESA | Nov 16, 2005 | 626 min, 7.1° | Inactive | ◉ |
| VENUS EXPRESS Venus Express | 28901 | 2005-045A | Rosetta | ESA | Nov 9, 2005 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| SSETI EXPRESS (XO-53) Express-OSCAR-53 | 28894 | 2005-043E | SSETI | ESA | Oct 27, 2005 | 98 min, 98.3° | Inactive | ◉ |
| MAQSAT & ARIANE 5 R/B Ariane 5 L521 ESC-A | 28545 | 2005-005D | ESC-A | ESA | Feb 12, 2005 | 548 min, 7.3° | Inactive | ◉ |
| SLOSHSAT Sloshsat-FLEVO | 28544 | 2005-005C | FLEVO | ESA | Feb 12, 2005 | 533 min, 7.2° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA] Sylda 5 SY-12C | 28543 | 2005-005B | SYLDA 5 | ESA | Feb 12, 2005 | 90 min, 6.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ROSETTA Rosetta | 28169 | 2004-006A | Rosetta | ESA | Mar 2, 2004 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 40+ DEB deb ERS-2 | 43351 | 1995-021J | · | ESA | Oct 1, 2003 | 92 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ERS 2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 35393 | 1995-021G | · | ESA | Oct 1, 2003 | 99 min, 98.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
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Frequently asked questions
How many satellites does European Space Agency have in orbit?
118 European Space Agency objects are currently in orbit, out of 180 ever cataloged. 58 have reentered.
How many European Space Agency satellites are active?
39 European Space Agency objects carry an active status in the catalog, out of 93 payloads.
When did European Space Agency's first satellite launch?
The first cataloged European Space Agency object launched in 1975, and the most recent in 2026.