How many satellites are in orbit? (June 2026)
As of June 13, 2026, there are 15,700 active satellites in Earth orbit, based on CelesTrak's active catalog. 10,546 of them (67%) are SpaceX Starlink satellites. 1,973 satellites tracked today were launched in 2026. These numbers refresh automatically from orbital data updated every 2 hours.
By constellation
| Constellation | Active satellites |
|---|---|
| Starlink | 10,546 |
| Oneweb | 651 |
| Kuiper | 328 |
| Qianfan | 182 |
| Iridium | 80 |
| Globalstar | 28 |
By country and operator
| Country / operator | Active satellites |
|---|---|
| United States | 11,821 |
| China | 1,370 |
| United Kingdom | 699 |
| Russia | 371 |
| Unassigned | 124 |
| Japan | 116 |
| Italy | 79 |
| India | 72 |
| France | 70 |
| European Space Agency | 66 |
| Germany | 60 |
| South Korea | 59 |
| Canada | 55 |
| Spain | 50 |
| SES | 37 |
Counts use CelesTrak's owner codes. The United Kingdom total includes OneWeb's constellation; the United States total is dominated by Starlink.
By orbit
| Orbit regime | Active satellites |
|---|---|
| LEO | 14,891 |
| GEO | 560 |
| MEO | 209 |
| HEO | 40 |
LEO is low Earth orbit (up to 2,000 km), MEO medium Earth orbit, GEO geostationary, HEO highly elliptical. See the glossary for definitions.
By launch decade
| Decade | Still-active satellites |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 9 |
| 1970s | 4 |
| 1980s | 7 |
| 1990s | 55 |
| 2000s | 255 |
| 2010s | 1,064 |
| 2020s | 14,306 |
Methodology
Counts cover the active-satellite catalog published by CelesTrak, refreshed every 2 hours. This is the set of objects with current orbital elements, mostly operational payloads. It excludes the much larger population of tracked debris and rocket bodies (roughly 36,000 tracked objects overall) and the millions of fragments too small to track. Orbit classification uses standard altitude bands computed from each satellite's orbital elements.
Cite as: "azmth satellite statistics, azmth.space/stats, data from CelesTrak, retrieved June 13, 2026." Raw numbers: stats.json.
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