Countries with Earth Observing Satellites

This map indicates the number of commercial and government/civil Earth observing satellites launched by the highlighted countries. This image is updated quarterly.

Quarterly Earth Observing satellite launch updates are created by best effort using new launch information from various publicly available sources, which include government websites and reports, commercial websites, and other web sources listed below:

• SPACENEWS
• Chronology of Space Launches
• Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool
• eoPortal
• CEOS DATABASE
• Nanosats Database

Visit the Earth Observing Satellites webpage to learn more.