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List of first satellites by country

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As of 4 November 2026, over eighty countries have operated artificial satellites.

  Denotes international organisations
  Denotes countries formerly part of another country which already had a spacecraft in orbit
  Denotes countries with disputed sovereignty or recognition and autonomous dependent territories

Suborbital only

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In addition, some countries have only attained a suborbital spaceflight, and have yet to launch a satellite into orbit.

Country Payload Carrier rocket Launch site Date (UTC)
Lebanon[30] ARZ-3 Lebanon Cedar-3 Lebanon Dbayeh 21 November 1962
Yemen[31] Warhead Yemen Burkan-2 Yemen Sa'dah 4 November 2017
Sealand[32] Postcard United States New Shepard United States Corn Ranch, Launch Site One 13 October 2020 13:36
British Antarctic Territory British Antarctic Territory[33] Postcard United States New Shepard United States Corn Ranch, Launch Site One 14 January 2021 16:57

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Zak, Anatoly. "Sputnik's Mission". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Explorer 1". Milestones of Flight. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Timeline: 1960s". Space Research: 50 Years and Beyond. University of Leicester. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Alouette I and II". Canadian Space Agency. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  6. 1 2 Russo, Arturo (2002). The Century of Space Science. Vol. 1. Springer. p. 52. ISBN 0-7923-7196-8.
  7. ↑ Kramer, Herbert J. (2002). Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors. Springer. p. 160. ISBN 3-5404-2388-5.
  8. ↑ Williamson, Mark (2006). Spacecraft Technology: The Early Years. Institution of Engineering and Technology. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-86341-553-1.
  9. 1 2 "ESA Achievements" (PDF). European Space Agency. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "ELDO/ESRO/ESA: Key Dates 1960-2013". European Space Agency. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "When did the first German satellite go into space?". DLR. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Ohsumi". Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  13. ↑ Long, Wei (25 April 2000). "China Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of First Satellite Launch". Space Daily. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "First Time in History". The Satellite Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  15. 1 2 Ørsteds Resultater [Results of the Ørsted satellite] (PDF) (Technical report) (in Danish). Copenhagen: Danish Meteorological Institute. 1 March 2002. ISSN 0906-897X. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Reflektor".
  17. 1 2 3 "Central and Eastern Europe Make History with Small Satellites". European Space Agency. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  18. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "BKA (BelKa 2)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "Belarus' first satellite enters orbit". Xinhua. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  20. ↑ Fisher, Max (12 December 2012). "Real-time satellite tracker shows precise location of North Korea's new satellite". Washington Post. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  21. ↑ Agayev, Zulfugar (8 February 2013). "First Azeri Satellite Launched, Two More Planned in 2015-2016". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "AUSTRIAN SATELLITES: BRITE-AUSTRIA & UniBRITE". BRITE-Constellation. Universität Wien. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  23. ↑ Barbosa, Rui C. (26 April 2013). "China back in action with Long March 2D launch of Gaofen-1". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  24. ↑ "Es'hailSat Makes Deal with Eutelsat to Fully Own Satellite - Via Satellite -". Via Satellite. 10 August 2018.
  25. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "AngoSat 1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  26. ↑ "Источник: со спутником "Ангосат" восстановлена связь". ТАСС.
  27. ↑ "Costa Rica Launches Its First Satellite Into Space with SpaceX". The Costa Rica Star. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  28. ↑ "Lawkanat 1, 2". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  29. ↑ "CroCube – Spacemanic".
  30. ↑ "Cedre 3". astronautix. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  31. ↑ "Burkan 2H". astronautix. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  32. ↑ "Sealand stamps blasted into space". 13 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  33. ↑ "NEW SHEPARD MISSION NS-14 CARRIES MORE THAN 50,000 POSTCARDS TO SPACE FROM 13 COUNTRIES". 14 January 2021. British research station in Antarctica
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