Launch data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), used under CC BY 4.0.

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt of 1960, successes and failures alike, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. Data current as of 2026-10-10. 1960 saw 38 orbital and deep-space launch attempts ...

The catalog lists 19 objects built on the PocketQube 3P bus. 4 are in orbit and 15 have reentered. How many PocketQube 3P satellites are in orbit? 4 PocketQube 3P objects are currently in orbit, of ...

The Skykraft bus accounts for 13 cataloged objects, of which 7 are in orbit and 7 are active. 6 have reentered. Most are built by SKYKR. The largest operator on this bus is SKYKR. The first launched ...

HawkEye 360 released a whitepaper today on a demonstration funded by a ~$1.2M AFRL Phase II SBIR awarded in 2024. The test checked whether its RF-sensing satellites, which normally watch terrestrial ...

Which country has the most satellites? It’s not close. Of the 19,447 payloads in Earth orbit as of July 2026, per KeepTrack’s catalog, 13,276 belong to the United States. That’s 68 percent of ...

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Rwanda is responsible for 2 cataloged objects, of which 0 are in orbit and 0 are active. 2 of those are payloads, with 0 rocket bodies and debris. 2 have reentered. The first launched in 2019, and the ...

Botswana is responsible for 1 cataloged object, of which 1 are in orbit and 1 are active. 1 of those are payloads, with 0 rocket bodies and debris. All were launched in 2025. Its most prolific ...

The catalog lists 19 objects built on the SkySat-Gen2 bus. 12 are in orbit and 7 have reentered. How many SkySat-Gen2 satellites are in orbit? 12 SkySat-Gen2 objects are currently in orbit, of which 9 ...

The HS-301 bus accounts for 3 cataloged objects, of which 3 are in orbit and 0 are active. Most are built by HSES. The largest operator on this bus is NASA. The first launched in 1963, the most recent ...

Elon Musk said on October 3 that early talks with TSMC about joining Terafab are “just discussions, but something may come of it.” Terafab is the chip plant Tesla and SpaceX are developing together.