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 | 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 | |
10 European countries
- Belgium
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
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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] | | | 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 | | | 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 | Turksat | Aérospatiale | Ariane 44LP | Kourou | 10 August 1994 | |
Czech Republic | Magion 4 | | | 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 Republic of China | ST-1 | SingTel Chunghwa | Astrium | Ariane 44P | Kourou | 25 August 1998 | |
Republic of China | 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 | | CRI | Launched on same rocket as first South African satellite |
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 (former Comstar D4) | TONGASAT | SS/Loral | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR | Cape Canaveral | 21 February 1981 | Esiafi 1 (former private American Comstar D4) satellite was transferred in April 2002 to Tonga being at orbit |
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 | | | 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 | |
Switzerland | SwissCube-1 | | | 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[15] | | BME | Vega | Kourou | 13 February 2012 | |
Poland | PW-Sat[15] | Warsaw University of Technology, Space Research Centre | | Deorbit on 28 October 2014 |
Romania | Goliat[15] | | | |
Belarus | BelKA-2[16][17] | | | Soyuz-FG/Fregat | Baikonur | 22 July 2012 | |
North Korea | Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2[18] | KCST | | Unha-3 | Sohae | 12 December 2012 | Failed to operate in orbit |
Azerbaijan | Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a[19] | | Orbital Sciences | Ariane 5ECA | Kourou | 7 February 2013 | Formerly part of the Soviet Union |
Austria | TUGSAT-1/UniBRITE[20] | | 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[21] | EXA | EXA | Chang Zheng 2D | Jiuquan | 26 April 2013 | |
Estonia | ESTCube-1 | | | Vega | Kourou | 7 May 2013 | Estonia was formerly occupied by 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 |
Peru | PUCP-Sat 1 | | | Dnepr | Dombarovsky | 21 November 2013 | |
Bolivia | Túpac Katari 1 | | CAST | Chang Zheng 3B/E | Xichang | 20 December 2013 | |
Lithuania | LitSat-1/Lituanica SAT-1 | | | 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 occupied by 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 occupied by 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 | First satellite of Angola. Launch was successful but contact was lost quickly afterwards.[22] On 28 December 2017, communication was restored and telemetry was received.[23] |
New Zealand | Humanity Star | Rocket Lab | Rocket Lab | Electron | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | 21 January 2018 | First satellite of New Zealand; launched by first New Zealand laucher. |
Costa Rica | Proyecto Irazú | Costa Rica Institute of Technology | Costa Rica Institute of Technology | Falcon 9 | Cape Canaveral | 2 April 2018 | First satellite of Costa Rica and Central America. Manufactured in Costa Rica. Launched on same rocket as first Kenyan satellite.[24] |
Kenya | 1KUNS-PF | University of Nairobi | University of Nairobi | 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) | -"- | Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Cape Canaveral | 29 June 2018 | First Bhutanese satellite. |