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.

15,809 active payloads · operators with a GCAT-verified operator field

#	Operator	Active sats	Share	Countries
1	SpaceX	10,755	68.0%	US
2	OneWeb	651	4.1%	UK
3	Kuiper Systems LLC	391	2.5%	US
4	Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology Ltd	239	1.5%	CN
5	China Satellite Network Group Co. Ltd.	206	1.3%	CN
6	Planet Labs, Inc. (Planet)	121	0.8%	US
7	General Armaments Dept. of the PLA	102	0.6%	CN
8	Strategic Support Troops	87	0.6%	CN
9	Iridium Satellite LLC	80	0.5%	US
10	China National Space Administration	73	0.5%	CN
11	Aerospace Defence Forces	69	0.4%	RU
12	Space Development Agency	69	0.4%	US
13	GeeSpace	63	0.4%	CN
14	US Air Force Space and Missile Center	58	0.4%	US
15	Indian Space Research Organization	55	0.3%	IN
16	China Aerospace Corp	53	0.3%	CN
17	Sitronics Group	51	0.3%	RU
18	Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)	46	0.3%	CN
19	Chang Guang Satellite Technology Ltd	42	0.3%	CN
20	Spire	40	0.3%	US
21	HawkEye 360 Inc.	40	0.3%	US
22	Beijing Future Navigation Technology Co. Ltd.	33	0.2%	CN
23	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	32	0.2%	US
24	Guodian HiTech Technology Co Ltd.	28	0.2%	CN
25	Globalstar Inc.	28	0.2%	US
26	ICEYE	27	0.2%	FI
27	Kineis	25	0.2%	F
28	European Space Agency	25	0.2%	I-ESA
29	Gonets Satellite Systems	24	0.2%	RU
30	Eutelsat SA	23	0.1%	F
31	Aerospace Tianmu Satellite Tech. Co. Ltd.	22	0.1%	CN
32	European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency	22	0.1%	I-EU
33	Intelsat S.A., US headquarters	21	0.1%	US
34	Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)	20	0.1%	CN
35	URUGUS S.A., Satellogic S.A., Montevideo satellite factory	19	0.1%	UY
36	D-ORBIT	19	0.1%	I
37	SES O3B Networks Ltd.	18	0.1%	UK
38	Aerospace Defence Forces / GLONASS Information-Analytic Center	18	0.1%	RU
39	OOO 'Byuro 1440'	18	0.1%	RU
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	Russian Ministry of Defense	17	0.1%	RU
44	Italian Space Agency / OHB-I (Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio)	16	0.1%	I
45	BlackSky Global	16	0.1%	US
46	Orbcomm Inc.	15	0.1%	US
47	National Satellite Meteorological Center	15	0.1%	CN
48	Italian Space Agency / ArgoTec srl	15	0.1%	I
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 ▸