European Space Agency
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Data current as of 2026-07-20.
European Space Agency accounts for 177 cataloged objects, of which 114 are in orbit and 30 are active. 61 have reentered. The first launched in 1975, the most recent in 2026. The busiest year was 1979, with 35 added. The most common spacecraft bus is ATV.
Catalog names covered: ESA
114
In orbit
30
Active
177
Total launched
61
Reentered
European Space Agency satellites launched per year
Still in orbit Since reentered Click a year to list its satellites.
Spacecraft buses
The platforms European Space Agency satellites are built on.
Registered under
I-ESA 163 F 9 ESA 5
European Space Agency satellites
The 100 most recently launched, of 177. Track any of them live in KeepTrack.
| Name | NORAD | COSPAR | Bus | Launched | Orbit | Status | Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LPNTSAT-002 | 68409 | 2026-065B | Cubesat 16U | Mar 28, 2026 | 95 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| LPNTSAT-001 | 68408 | 2026-065A | Cubesat 12U | Mar 28, 2026 | 95 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| HYDROGNSS-2 | 66763 | 2025-276DB | SSTL-21 | Nov 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| HYDROGNSS-1 | 66762 | 2025-276DA | SSTL-21 | Nov 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| BIOMASS | 63772 | 2025-090A | Biomass | Apr 29, 2025 | 98 min, 98.1° | Active | ◉ |
| PROBA-3 CSC PROBA-3 CSC | 62256 | 2024-233A | Myriade | Dec 5, 2024 | 1180 min, 59.7° | Active | ◉ |
| HERA HERA | 61449 | 2024-180A | HERA | Oct 7, 2024 | · | Active | ◉ |
| ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE AWS | 60543 | 2024-149CD | InnoSat | Aug 16, 2024 | 97 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| ARIANE 6 R/B Ariane 6 Dummy Payload | 60239 | 2024-128E | Ari6DP | Jul 9, 2024 | 96 min, 62.0° | Inactive | ◉ |
| PVCC PVCC | 58025 | 2023-155K | Cubesat 12U | Oct 9, 2023 | 95 min, 97.6° | Active | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57662 | 2013-021L | · | Aug 1, 2023 | 97 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57661 | 2013-021K | · | Aug 1, 2023 | 93 min, 98.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57660 | 2013-021J | · | Aug 1, 2023 | 94 min, 98.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57659 | 2013-021H | · | Aug 1, 2023 | 93 min, 98.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57658 | 2013-021G | · | Aug 1, 2023 | 92 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57657 | 2013-021F | · | Aug 1, 2023 | 92 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB deb VV02 VESPA | 57656 | 2013-021E | · | Aug 1, 2023 | 94 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| EUCLID Euclid | 57209 | 2023-092A | Euclid | Jul 1, 2023 | 90 min, 37.0° | Active | ◉ |
| JUICE JUICE | 56176 | 2023-053A | JUICE | Apr 14, 2023 | · | Active | ◉ |
| ROBUSTA-1F (MTCUBE 2) Vega AVUM VV21 | 53109 | 2022-080E | AVUM | Jul 13, 2022 | 224 min, 70.1° | Active | ◉ |
| ISS DEB EVA debris | 52432 | 1998-067TN | ERA | Apr 28, 2022 | 92 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ISS DEB ERA MLI Bundle | 52329 | 1998-067TM | ERA | Apr 28, 2022 | 90 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ARIANE 1 DEB deb CAT 03 | 48343 | 1981-057G | · | Apr 1, 2021 | 501 min, 11.0° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ISS DEB [COLKA COVER] ColKa cover | 47513 | 1998-067RY | · | Feb 15, 2020 | 89 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SOLAR ORBITER Solar Orbiter | 45167 | 2020-010A | Solo | Feb 10, 2020 | · | Active | ◉ |
| OPS-SAT OPS-SAT | 44878 | 2019-092F | Cubesat 3U | Dec 18, 2019 | 87 min, 97.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| CHEOPS CHEOPS | 44874 | 2019-092B | SEOSAT | Dec 18, 2019 | 98 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| EDRS-C EDRS C | 44475 | 2019-049A | SmallGEO | Aug 6, 2019 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS 2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 44440 | 1995-021K | · | Jun 1, 2019 | 89 min, 98.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ESEO ESEO | 43792 | 2018-099AL | ESEO | Dec 3, 2018 | 96 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| BEPICOLOMBO BepiColombo MPO | 43653 | 2018-080A | MPO | Oct 20, 2018 | · | Active | ◉ |
| AEOLUS Aeolus | 43600 | 2018-066A | Mars Express | Aug 22, 2018 | 87 min, 96.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB deb ESC-A L540 | 43384 | 2008-030G | · | Jan 1, 2018 | 623 min, 1.9° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB deb ESC-A L540 | 43383 | 2008-030F | · | Jan 1, 2018 | 546 min, 2.1° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB deb ESC-A L540 | 43382 | 2008-030E | · | Jan 1, 2018 | 562 min, 2.2° | Inactive | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB [ADAPTOR] VESPA Upper Part | 42902 | 2017-044C | Vespa | Aug 2, 2017 | 87 min, 97.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 43417 | 2014-016J | · | Aug 23, 2016 | 95 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41804 | 2014-016H | · | Aug 23, 2016 | 91 min, 98.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41803 | 2014-016G | · | Aug 23, 2016 | 93 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41802 | 2014-016F | · | Aug 23, 2016 | 93 min, 98.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41801 | 2014-016E | · | Aug 23, 2016 | 94 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41800 | 2014-016D | · | Aug 23, 2016 | 91 min, 98.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41799 | 2014-016C | · | Aug 23, 2016 | 92 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A DEB deb Sentinel-1A solar array | 41798 | 2014-016B | · | Aug 23, 2016 | 91 min, 98.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB [ADAPTOR] VESPA Upper Part | 41775 | 2016-058F | Vespa | Sep 16, 2016 | 88 min, 97.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| EXOMARS ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter | 41388 | 2016-017A | Spacebus | Mar 14, 2016 | · | Active | ◉ |
| LISA PATHFINDER LISA Pathfinder | 41043 | 2015-070A | Lisa | Dec 3, 2015 | 102 min, 6.0° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ATV-5 (GEORGES LEMAITRE) Georges Lemaitre | 40103 | 2014-044A | ATV | Jul 29, 2014 | 92 min, 51.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SENTINEL-1A Sentinel-1A | 39634 | 2014-016A | Prisma | Apr 3, 2014 | 99 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS 2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 39478 | 1995-021H | · | Jan 1, 2014 | 89 min, 98.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| GAIA Gaia | 39479 | 2013-074A | Gaia | Dec 19, 2013 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| SWARM C Swarm C | 39453 | 2013-067C | Flexbus | Nov 22, 2013 | 93 min, 87.3° | Active | ◉ |
| SWARM A Swarm A | 39452 | 2013-067B | Flexbus | Nov 22, 2013 | 93 min, 87.3° | Active | ◉ |
| SWARM B Swarm B | 39451 | 2013-067A | Flexbus | Nov 22, 2013 | 94 min, 87.7° | Active | ◉ |
| ISS DEB WAL-6 antenna cover | 39230 | 1998-067CY | · | Aug 19, 2013 | 88 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ATV-4 (ALBERT EINSTEIN) Albert Einstein | 39175 | 2013-027A | ATV | Jun 5, 2013 | 91 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| AVUM DEB [ADAPTOR] VESPA Upper Part | 39162 | 2013-021D | Vespa | May 7, 2013 | 99 min, 98.8° | Inactive | ◉ |
| PROBA-V PROBA-V | 39159 | 2013-021A | Proba-2 | May 7, 2013 | 101 min, 98.4° | Active | ◉ |
| ATV-3 (EDOARDO AMALDI) Edoardo Amaldi | 38096 | 2012-010A | ATV | Mar 23, 2012 | 93 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ATV-2 (JOHANNES KEPLER) Johannes Kepler | 37368 | 2011-007A | ATV | Feb 16, 2011 | 92 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| CRYOSAT 2 CRYOSAT 2 | 36508 | 2010-013A | Flexbus | Apr 8, 2010 | 99 min, 92.0° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 48172 | 1991-050U | · | Jun 10, 2009 | 91 min, 98.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 42669 | 1991-050T | · | Jun 10, 2009 | 90 min, 98.5° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 39610 | 1991-050S | · | Jun 10, 2009 | 91 min, 98.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| PROBA-2 PROBA-2 | 36037 | 2009-059B | Proba | Nov 2, 2009 | 99 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| SMOS SMOS | 36036 | 2009-059A | Proteus | Nov 2, 2009 | 100 min, 98.4° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35262 | 1991-050R | · | Jun 10, 2009 | 98 min, 98.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35261 | 1991-050Q | · | Jun 10, 2009 | 90 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35260 | 1991-050P | · | Jun 10, 2009 | 99 min, 98.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35259 | 1991-050N | · | Jun 10, 2009 | 98 min, 98.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS 1 DEB deb ERS-1 | 35258 | 1991-050M | · | Jun 10, 2009 | 90 min, 98.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| PLANCK Planck | 34938 | 2009-026B | Planck | May 14, 2009 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| HERSCHEL Herschel | 34937 | 2009-026A | Herschel | May 14, 2009 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| GOCE GOCE | 34602 | 2009-013A | GOCE | Mar 17, 2009 | 87 min, 96.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| GSAT0002 (GIOVE-B) Giove-B | 32781 | 2008-020A | Proteus | Apr 27, 2008 | 871 min, 60.0° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ATV-1 (JULES VERNE) Jules Verne | 32686 | 2008-008A | ATV | Mar 9, 2008 | 91 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ISS DEB [ANTENNA] ATV-PCE WAL-6 | 40812 | 1998-067GW | · | Mar 2, 2005 | 88 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| GSAT0001 (GIOVE-A) Giove A | 28922 | 2005-051A | SSTL-600 | Dec 28, 2005 | 850 min, 58.9° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA] Sylda 5 SY-17C | 28905 | 2005-046D | SYLDA 5 | Nov 16, 2005 | 89 min, 6.9° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 R/B Ariane 5 L522 ESC-A | 28904 | 2005-046C | ESC-A | Nov 16, 2005 | 626 min, 7.1° | Inactive | ◉ |
| VENUS EXPRESS Venus Express | 28901 | 2005-045A | Rosetta | Nov 9, 2005 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| SSETI EXPRESS (XO-53) Express-OSCAR-53 | 28894 | 2005-043E | SSETI | Oct 27, 2005 | 98 min, 98.3° | Inactive | ◉ |
| MAQSAT & ARIANE 5 R/B Ariane 5 L521 ESC-A | 28545 | 2005-005D | ESC-A | Feb 12, 2005 | 548 min, 7.3° | Inactive | ◉ |
| SLOSHSAT Sloshsat-FLEVO | 28544 | 2005-005C | FLEVO | Feb 12, 2005 | 533 min, 7.2° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA] Sylda 5 SY-12C | 28543 | 2005-005B | SYLDA 5 | Feb 12, 2005 | 90 min, 6.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ROSETTA Rosetta | 28169 | 2004-006A | Rosetta | Mar 2, 2004 | · | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIANE 40+ DEB deb ERS-2 | 43351 | 1995-021J | · | Oct 1, 2003 | 92 min, 98.7° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ERS 2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 35393 | 1995-021G | · | Oct 1, 2003 | 99 min, 98.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS 2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 35392 | 1995-021F | · | Oct 1, 2003 | 99 min, 98.3° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS 2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 35391 | 1995-021E | · | Oct 1, 2003 | 99 min, 98.6° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ERS-2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 31137 | 1995-021D | · | Oct 1, 2003 | 99 min, 98.6° | Inactive | ◉ |
| SMART-1 SMART-1 | 27949 | 2003-043C | SMART | Sep 27, 2003 | 820 min, 6.9° | Reentered | ◉ |
| MARS EXPRESS Mars Express | 27816 | 2003-022A | Rosetta | Jun 2, 2003 | 88 min, 51.8° | Active | ◉ |
| ERS-2 DEB deb ERS-2 | 28066 | 1995-021C | · | 2002 | 90 min, 98.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| INTEGRAL Integral | 27540 | 2002-048A | XMM | Oct 17, 2002 | 3833 min, 89.7° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ENVISAT Envisat | 27386 | 2002-009A | SPOT/PPF | Mar 1, 2002 | 100 min, 98.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| PROBA-1 PROBA | 26958 | 2001-049B | MiniSIL | Oct 22, 2001 | 96 min, 98.0° | Active | ◉ |
| ARTEMIS Artemis | 26863 | 2001-029A | Italsat | Jul 12, 2001 | 1450 min, 14.8° | Inactive | ◉ |
| CLUSTER II-FM8 (TANGO) Cluster Tango | 26464 | 2000-045B | Cluster | Aug 9, 2000 | 3242 min, 150.0° | Active | ◉ |
| CLUSTER II-FM5 (RUMBA) Cluster Rumba | 26463 | 2000-045A | Cluster | Aug 9, 2000 | 3196 min, 146.0° | Reentered | ◉ |
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Frequently asked questions
How many satellites does European Space Agency operate?
European Space Agency accounts for 177 cataloged objects, of which 114 are currently in orbit. 61 have reentered.
How many European Space Agency satellites are active?
30 European Space Agency satellites carry an active status in the catalog.
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.
What satellite buses does European Space Agency use?
The most common spacecraft bus among cataloged European Space Agency objects is ATV.