Each showcase runs live against the database — fused from CelesTrak, GCAT, and Wikidata, with a cited source on every field.
Ranked list of the 50 operators with the most active payloads currently in orbit.
Top operators ranked by number of active payloads in orbit. Operator names are sourced from GCAT where available, falling back to CelesTrak.
Active payloads from ESA member states — filtered by country code and non-decayed status. Excludes debris and rocket bodies. Sorted by most recently catalogued.
Payloads marked DECAYED in the CelesTrak catalog, sorted by decay date from GCAT where available. Rocket bodies and debris are not yet tracked as individual records; see Known limitations on the Methodology page.
Payloads that reached orbit (confirmed launch date from GCAT) but were never recorded as operational — still in orbit, never switched on. A cross-source join between CelesTrak's orbital catalog and GCAT's launch records.