Satellite Owners and Operators
The organizations that own and operate the satellites in orbit today, from commercial broadband and Earth-imaging companies to national space agencies and defense operators. Open any one for live counts, launch history, orbits, and the full satellite list.
SpaceX
12,514Starlink and Starshield operator, launch provider
12,514 cataloged, 9,675 active
National Reconnaissance Office
669US reconnaissance satellite agency
669 cataloged, 266 active
Planet Labs
665Earth-imaging Dove and SkySat fleets
665 cataloged, 121 active
OneWeb
656LEO broadband constellation
656 cataloged, 648 active
NASA
508US civil space agency and field centers
508 cataloged, 60 active
Kuiper Systems
398Amazon's LEO broadband constellation
398 cataloged, 209 active
Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology
236Operator of the Qianfan (Thousand Sails) constellation
236 cataloged, 95 active
Swarm Technologies
201SpaceX-owned IoT SpaceBEE picosatellites
201 cataloged, 1 active
Spire Global
188Lemur weather and ship-tracking cubesats
188 cataloged, 44 active
Iridium Communications
175Cross-linked voice and data constellation
175 cataloged, 80 active
China Satellite Network Group
174Operator of the Guowang national constellation
174 cataloged, 162 active
Indian Space Research Organisation
117India's national space agency
117 cataloged, 54 active
Intelsat
96Geostationary communications operator
96 cataloged, 32 active
JAXA
86Japan's national space agency
86 cataloged, 12 active
Globalstar
85LEO satellite phone and data operator
85 cataloged, 28 active
European Space Agency
82Europe's civil space agency
82 cataloged, 29 active
Space Development Agency
69US proliferated LEO defense architecture
69 cataloged, 69 active
GeeSpace
63Geely's automotive-focused LEO constellation
63 cataloged, 63 active
Orbcomm
61Machine-to-machine messaging constellation
61 cataloged, 14 active
ICEYE
54Radar (SAR) Earth-imaging constellation
54 cataloged, 33 active
Eutelsat
52European GEO communications operator
52 cataloged, 23 active
CNES
52France's national space agency
52 cataloged, 11 active
Chang Guang Satellite Technology
44Operator of the Jilin-1 imaging fleet
44 cataloged, 37 active
HawkEye 360
42RF-geolocation cluster satellites
42 cataloged, 36 active
NOAA
41US operational weather satellites
41 cataloged, 4 active
Naval Research Laboratory
38US Navy research satellites
38 cataloged, 7 active
SES
36GEO and MEO (O3b) communications operator
36 cataloged, 25 active
Aerospace Corporation
36US federally funded R&D corporation
36 cataloged, 11 active
Kepler Communications
33Data-relay and IoT constellation
33 cataloged, 13 active
O3b Networks
30SES medium-Earth-orbit broadband fleet
30 cataloged, 24 active
D-Orbit
23Italian orbital-transfer and logistics
23 cataloged, 18 active
Astrocast
20Swiss IoT nanosatellite operator
20 cataloged, 8 active
Kinéis
20French IoT and Argos constellation
20 cataloged, 20 active
Fossa Systems
17Spanish picosatellite IoT operator
17 cataloged, 3 active
Kleos Space
16RF-reconnaissance cluster satellites
16 cataloged, 4 active
KACST
15Saudi science and technology agency
15 cataloged, 13 active
Umbra
12High-resolution commercial radar imaging
12 cataloged, 5 active
QPS Research
12Japanese small radar-imaging satellites
12 cataloged, 9 active