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Active payloads on orbit, by operator country

Every catalogued payload still in orbit and not decayed, grouped by the operator code CelesTrak records.

United States13.8KRussia / CIS1.7KChina1.6KUnited Kingdom724Japan247TBD144France129India122ESA114Germany101Intelsat (ITSO)100Italy94
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Seriespayloads (payloads)
China1,580
ESA114.0
France129.0
Germany101.0
India122.0
Intelsat (ITSO)100.0
Italy94.0
Japan247.0
Russia / CIS1,712
TBD144.0
United Kingdom724.0
United States13,773

Source: CelesTrak · retrieved 17 Sep 2026 · No redistribution restriction found (usage-policy.php governs rate limits only)

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The catalogued population, split by object class

Payloads, spent rocket bodies and debris on orbit since 1957, reconstructed from launch and decay dates.

  • Payloads
  • Debris
  • Rocket bodies
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000objects20,07512,5302,428195719631969197519811987199319992005201120172023
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DatePayloads (objects)Debris (objects)Rocket bodies (objects)
1957-12-31200
1958-12-31521
1959-12-3112.074
1960-12-3123.021.011.0
1961-12-3139.0361.014.0
1962-12-3164.0382.035.0
1963-12-3193.0596.046.0
1964-12-31143.0700.069.0
1965-12-31228.01,748111.0
1966-12-31274.01,948150.0
1967-12-31338.01,976189.0
1968-12-31378.02,294222.0
1969-12-31419.02,534250.0
1970-12-31464.03,080283.0
1971-12-31545.03,256333.0
1972-12-31610.03,439379.0
1973-12-31680.03,664418.0
1974-12-31739.03,909463.0
1975-12-31825.04,468529.0
1976-12-31915.04,914591.0
1977-12-31989.05,206651.0
1978-12-311,0675,335700.0
1979-12-311,0975,519724.0
1980-12-311,1345,531745.0
1981-12-311,2125,960787.0
1982-12-311,2838,033829.0
1983-12-311,3698,268894.0
1984-12-311,4748,280969.0
1985-12-311,5708,4401,055
1986-12-311,6539,1491,093
1987-12-311,7359,5471,148
1988-12-311,8039,3021,192
1989-12-311,8579,1001,229
1990-12-311,9619,0751,291
1991-12-312,0389,2241,324
1992-12-312,0989,4981,385
1993-12-312,16011,3321,436
1994-12-312,24912,3031,498
1995-12-312,31212,5621,541
1996-12-312,38212,4601,581
1997-12-312,50412,8951,629
1998-12-313,05312,8441,645
1999-12-313,14916,5951,660
2000-12-313,23216,8301,669
2001-12-313,26816,9761,657
2002-12-313,31916,8131,655
2003-12-313,38316,6601,683
2004-12-313,43516,6041,703
2005-12-313,48516,5201,718
2006-12-313,55517,3071,750
2007-12-313,64117,3461,786
2008-12-313,72216,9001,821
2009-12-313,82016,8461,858
2010-12-313,90416,7481,901
2011-12-313,99216,7941,927
2012-12-314,08116,6761,954
2013-12-314,24516,4601,982
2014-12-314,34916,1852,012
2015-12-314,44515,9032,052
2016-12-314,55215,8462,087
2017-12-314,88615,7952,123
2018-12-315,18316,1182,191
2019-12-315,55016,1652,221
2020-12-316,66916,0282,244
2021-12-318,26715,8232,277
2022-12-3110,29514,7722,324
2023-12-3112,49113,6002,352
2024-12-3114,20313,3482,366
2025-12-3117,58412,7082,406
2026-12-3120,07512,5302,428

Source: CelesTrak · retrieved 17 Sep 2026 · No redistribution restriction found (usage-policy.php governs rate limits only)

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Orbital launch cadence by provider

Launches per quarter by launch service provider. The current quarter is partial and marked as such.

  • SpaceX
  • China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
  • Rocket Lab
  • Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
  • Russian Space Forces
  • Arianespace
  • United Launch Alliance
  • Other providers
050100150launches1 Jul 201 Apr 211 Jan 221 Oct 221 Jul 231 Apr 241 Jan 251 Oct 251 Jul 26
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PeriodSpaceX (launches)China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (launches)Rocket Lab (launches)Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) (launches)Russian Space Forces (launches)Arianespace (launches)United Launch Alliance (launches)Other providers (launches)
2020-07-01221112
2020-10-0111.09312429
2021-01-0112.0722116
2021-04-0112.011.0121326
2021-07-01315.0115113.0
2021-10-01815.02416214.0
2022-01-0111.08122127
2022-04-0116.012.0313117
2022-07-0116.015.03221312.0
2022-10-0118.018.02362210.0
2023-01-0121.012.032214.0
2023-04-0123.07331111.0
2023-07-0126.012.03311118.0
2023-10-0128.016.01241114.0
2024-01-0132.09441113.0
2024-04-0137.012.041129
2024-07-0127.011.03211112.0
2024-10-0142.017.05421112.0
2025-01-0138.012.0513111.0
2025-04-0146.016.05121210.0
2025-07-0144.016.03422213.0
2025-10-0142.025.08313217.0
2026-01-0140.012.06211111.0
2026-04-0138.018.06132314.0
2026-07-0131.013.04311113.0

Source: The Space Devs · retrieved 17 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0

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