Commercial

Largest Active Constellations

Top operators ranked by number of active payloads in orbit. Operator names are sourced from GCAT where available, falling back to CelesTrak.

16,363 active payloads · operators with a GCAT-verified operator field

#	Operator	Active sats	Share	Countries
1	SpaceX	11,143	68.1%	US
2	OneWeb	651	4.0%	UK
3	Kuiper Systems LLC	391	2.4%	US
4	Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology Ltd	257	1.6%	CN
5	China Satellite Network Group Co. Ltd.	242	1.5%	CN
6	Planet Labs, Inc. (Planet)	117	0.7%	US
7	General Armaments Dept. of the PLA	102	0.6%	CN
8	Space Development Agency	90	0.6%	US
9	Strategic Support Troops	89	0.5%	CN
10	Iridium Satellite LLC	80	0.5%	US
11	China National Space Administration	73	0.4%	CN
12	Aerospace Defence Forces	69	0.4%	RU
13	GeeSpace	63	0.4%	CN
14	US Air Force Space and Missile Center	58	0.4%	US
15	Indian Space Research Organization	56	0.3%	IN
16	Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)	53	0.3%	CN
17	China Aerospace Corp	53	0.3%	CN
18	Sitronics Group	50	0.3%	RU
19	Spire	44	0.3%	US
20	HawkEye 360 Inc.	40	0.2%	US
21	Globalstar Inc.	36	0.2%	US
22	Chang Guang Satellite Technology Ltd	35	0.2%	CN
23	OOO 'Byuro 1440'	34	0.2%	RU
24	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	33	0.2%	US
25	Beijing Future Navigation Technology Co. Ltd.	33	0.2%	CN
26	Guodian HiTech Technology Co Ltd.	28	0.2%	CN
27	ICEYE	27	0.2%	FI
28	Kineis	25	0.2%	F
29	Gonets Satellite Systems	24	0.1%	RU
30	European Space Agency	24	0.1%	I-ESA
31	Eutelsat SA	23	0.1%	F
32	European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency	22	0.1%	I-EU
33	Aerospace Tianmu Satellite Tech. Co. Ltd.	22	0.1%	CN
34	SES O3B Networks Ltd.	21	0.1%	UK
35	Intelsat S.A., US headquarters	21	0.1%	US
36	Aerospace Defence Forces / GLONASS Information-Analytic Center	20	0.1%	RU
37	Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)	20	0.1%	CN
38	D-ORBIT	19	0.1%	I
39	URUGUS S.A., Satellogic S.A., Montevideo satellite factory	18	0.1%	UY
40	Plan-S Satellite and Space Technologies	17	0.1%	TR
41	Russian Space Forces	17	0.1%	RU
42	UnseenLabs SAS	17	0.1%	F
43	BlackSky Global	17	0.1%	US
44	Russian Ministry of Defense	17	0.1%	RU
45	Italian Space Agency / OHB-I (Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio)	16	0.1%	I
46	Italian Space Agency / ArgoTec srl	15	0.1%	I
47	Orbcomm Inc.	15	0.1%	US
48	National Satellite Meteorological Center	15	0.1%	CN
49	State Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information Bureau	15	0.1%	CN
50	Italian Space Agency	15	0.1%	I

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Sources: CelesTrak (active status), GCAT/McDowell (operator names). Active = is_active=true in the CelesTrak OMM feed.view all sources ▸