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CountrySatelliteOperatorManufacturerCarrier rocket[1]Launch site[1]Date (UTC)[1]Remarks
Soviet UnionSputnik 1[2]OKB-1 OKB-1 Sputnik 8K71PS Baikonur4 October 1957First satellite launched
United StatesExplorer 1[3]ABMA
JPL Juno I RS-29 Cape Canaveral1 February 1958
United KingdomAriel 1[4]RAE NASA / SERC Thor DM-19 Delta Cape Canaveral26 April 1962
CanadaAlouette 1[5]DRDC DRDC Thor DM-21 Agena-B Vandenberg29 September 1962
ItalySan Marco 1[6]CNR CRA[6] Scout X-4 Wallops15 December 1964
FranceAstérix[7]CNES CNES Diamant A
Hammaguir26 November 1965
AustraliaWRESAT[8]WRE WRE Sparta Woomera29 November 1967show10 European countriesESRO 2B[9]ESRO Hawker Siddeley[9] Scout B Vandenberg17 May 1968[10]
West GermanyAzur[11]DLR DLR / NASA Scout B Vandenberg8 November 1969
JapanOhsumi[12]ISAS ISAS Lambda-4S Kagoshima11 February 1970
People's Republic of ChinaDongfanghong I[13]CAST CAST Chang Zheng 1 Jiuquan24 April 1970
NetherlandsANS[14]SRON / NASA Philips Scout D-1 Vandenberg30 August 1974
SpainIntasat[14]INTA Standard Electrica Delta 2310 Vandenberg15 November 1974
IndiaAryabhata[14]ISRO ISRO Kosmos-3M Kapustin Yar19 April 1975
IndonesiaPalapa A1[14]Perumtel Hughes Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral8 July 1976
CzechoslovakiaMagion 1[14]IAP IG Kosmos-3M Plesetsk24 October 1978
BulgariaBulgaria 1300[14]BSA Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Vostok-2M Plesetsk7 August 1981
Saudi ArabiaArabsat-1AArabsat AérospatialeAriane 3 Kourou8 February 1985
BrazilBrasilsat A1[14]Embratel Hughes
MexicoMorelos 1[14]SCT Hughes Space Shuttle Discovery Kennedy17 June 1985Deployed using PAM-D during STS-51-G
SwedenVikingSSC Boeing/
SaabAriane 1 Kourou22 February 1986
IsraelOfek-1 IAI Shavit Palmachim19 September 1988
LuxembourgAstra 1ASES Astra GE AstrospaceAriane 44LP Kourou11 December 1988
ArgentinaLusatAMSAT ArgentinaAriane 40 Kourou22 January 1990
Hong KongAsiaSat 1AsiaSat Hughes Chang Zheng 3 Xichang7 April 1990Hong Kong, a British Overseas Territory, became part of the People's Republic of China in July 1997
PakistanBadr-1SUPARCO SUPARCO Chang Zheng 2E Xichang16 July 1990
RussiaKosmos 2175 Soyuz-U Plesetsk21 January 1992Successor state to the Soviet Union
South KoreaKitsat-1KAIST SSTLAriane 42P Kourou10 August 1992
PortugalPoSAT-1PoSAT SSTLAriane 40 Kourou26 September 1993
ThailandThaicom-1Shin Satellite HughesAriane 44L Kourou18 December 1993
TurkeyTurksat 1BTürksat AérospatialeAriane 44LP Kourou10 August 1994 Czech RepublicMagion 4IAP IAP Molniya-M Plesetsk2 August 1995Formerly part of Czechoslovakia
UkraineSich-1 Tsyklon-3 Plesetsk31 August 1995Formerly part of the Soviet Union
ChileFASat-Alfa SSTLFailed to separate
MalaysiaMEASAT-1MEASAT HughesAriane 44L Kourou13 January 1996
NorwayThor 2Telenor Hughes Delta II 7925 Cape Canaveral20 May 1997
PhilippinesMabuhay (Agila 1)
(former Palapa B2P)Mabuhay Delta-3920 Cape Canaveral20 March 1987Originally operated and launched for Indonesian company PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. Acquired while on orbit by Mabuhay in 1996 making it the first Philippine owned satellite.Mabuhay 1 (Agila 2) SS/Loral Chang Zheng 3B Xichang19 August 1997First Philippine satellite to be launched from space
EgyptNilesat 101NilesatAstriumAriane 44P Kourou28 April 1998
Singapore
TaiwanST-1SingTel
ChunghwaAstriumAriane 44P Kourou25 August 1998 TaiwanFormosat-1NSPO TRW Athena I Cape Canaveral27 January 1999
South AfricaSUNSATStellenbosch Stellenbosch Delta II 7920 Vandenberg23 February 1999Launched on same rocket as first Danish satellite
DenmarkØrstedDMI[15] CRI[15]Launched on same rocket as first South African satellite
Georgia[16]ReflektorEnergia-GPI Space Energia-GPI Space Soyuz-U
Baikonur Site 1/517 July 1999Formerly part of the Soviet Union
United Arab EmiratesThuraya 1Thuraya Boeing Zenit-3SL
Odyssey21 October 2000
BelgiumPROBA-1ESA Verhaert Space Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Satish Dhawan22 October 2001
MoroccoMaroc-Tubsat TU Berlin Zenit-2 Baikonur10 December 2001
TongaEsiafi 1
(formerly Comstar D4)TONGASAT SS/Loral Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR Cape Canaveral21 February 1981A private American satellite that transferred ownership to Tonga in April 2002 AlgeriaAlSAT-1 SSTL Kosmos-3M Plesetsk28 November 2002
GreeceHellas-Sat 2Hellas-SatAstrium Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral13 May 2003
NigeriaNigeriaSat-1 SSTL Kosmos-3M Plesetsk27 September 2003
IranSina-1 NPO Polyot Kosmos-3M Plesetsk27 October 2005 KazakhstanKazSat-1 Khrunichev Proton-M/DM3 Baikonur17 June 2006Formerly part of the Soviet Union
ColombiaLibertad-1 Dnepr Baikonur17 April 2007
MauritiusRascom-QAF 1Rascom AlcatelAriane 5GS Kourou21 December 2007
VietnamVinasat-1Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group Lockheed MartinAriane 5ECA Kourou18 April 2008
VenezuelaVenesat-1 CAST Chang Zheng 3B/E Xichang29 October 2008
AfghanistanEutelsat 48D / Afghansat 1Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and InformationEADS Astrium Ariane 5ECA Kourou20 December 2008Satellite leased to the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and Information in January 2014
SwitzerlandSwissCube-1
PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan23 September 2009 SingaporeX-Sat SATREC PSLV-C Satish Dhawan20 April 2011
Isle of ManViaSat-1ViaSat-IOM, ManSat, Telesat-IOM SS/Loral Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur19 October 2011Isle of Man is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign
HungaryMaSat-1[17] BMEVega Kourou13 February 2012
PolandPW-Sat[17]Warsaw University of Technology, Space Research CentreDeorbit on 28 October 2014
RomaniaGoliat[17]
BelarusBelKA-2[18][19] Soyuz-FG/Fregat Baikonur22 July 2012
North KoreaKwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2[20]KCST Unha-3 Sohae12 December 2012Failed to operate in orbit
AzerbaijanAzerspace-1/Africasat-1a[21]Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos) Orbital SciencesAriane 5ECA Kourou7 February 2013Independent since 1991
AustriaTUGSAT-1/UniBRITE[22] UTAIS PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan25 February 2013Austria's first two satellites were launched together
BermudaBermudasat 1
(former EchoStar VI)Bermudasat SS/Loral Atlas IIAS Cape Canaveral14 July 2000Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory; Bermudasat 1 (former private American EchoStar VI) satellite was transferred in April 2013 to Bermuda being at orbit
EcuadorNEE-01 Pegaso[23]EXA EXA Chang Zheng 2D Jiuquan26 April 2013
EstoniaESTCube-1Vega Kourou7 May 2013Estonia was formerly part of the Soviet Union.
JerseyO3b-1/O3b-2/O3b-3/O3b-4O3b Networks Thales Alenia Space Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT Kourou25 June 2013Jersey's first four satellites were launched together. Jersey is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign France
QatarEutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1Eutelsat
Es'hailSat SS/LoralAriane 5ECA Kourou29 August 2013Qatar's first satellite flew as a joint project with the French corporation Eutelsat QatarEs'hail 1Es'hailSat SS/LoralAriane 5ECA Kourou29 August 2013Full ownership of the joint France-Qatar satellite Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 was sold to Es'hailsat in 2018 [24]
PeruPUCP-Sat 1 Dnepr Dombarovsky21 November 2013Pocket-PUCP
BoliviaTúpac Katari 1 CAST Chang Zheng 3B/E Xichang20 December 2013
LithuaniaLitSat-1/Lituanica SAT-1 Antares 120 MARS LP-0A9 January 2014The first two Lithuanian satellites were launched together; both carried to the International Space Station and deployed later in the year. Lithuania was formerly part of the Soviet Union.
IraqTigrisatMOST / La Sapienza La Sapienza Dnepr Dombarovsky19 June 2014
UruguayANTELSATANTEL UdelaR
TurkmenistanTurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSATTNSA Alcatel Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral27 April 2015Formerly part of the Soviet Union.
LaosLaosat-1Laos National Authority for Science and Technology CAST Chang Zheng 3B/E Xichang20 November 2015
FinlandAalto-2Aalto University Aalto University Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral18 April 2017
BangladeshBRAC ONNESHABRACU KIT Falcon 9 Full Thrust Kennedy3 June 2017Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Mongolian satellites
GhanaGhanaSat-1All Nations UniversityLaunched on same rocket as first Bangladeshi and Mongolian satellites
MongoliaMazaalai (satellite)National University of MongoliaLaunched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Bangladeshi satellites
LatviaVenta 1Ventspils University College Ventspils University College PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan23 June 2017Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Launched on same rocket as first Slovakian satellite
SlovakiaskCUBESOSA SOSAFormerly part of Czechoslovakia, Launched on same rocket as first Latvian satellite
AngolaAngoSat 1AngoSat RSC Energia Zenit-3F / Fregat-SB Baikonur26 December 2017Launch was successful but contact was lost quickly afterwards.[25] On 28 December 2017, communication was restored and telemetry was received.[26]
New ZealandHumanity StarRocket Lab Rocket Lab Electron Rocket Lab Launch Complex 121 January 2018First satellite launched by New Zealand launcher.
Costa RicaProyecto IrazúCosta Rica Institute of Technology Costa Rica Institute of Technology Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral2 April 2018First satellite of Central America. Manufactured in Costa Rica.[27]
Kenya1KUNS-PFUniversity of NairobiUniversity of Nairobi Launched on same rocket as first Costa Rican satellite.
BhutanBhutan 1Bhutanese students under Kyutech-led second Joint Global Multination Birds Project (Birds-2) Kyushu Institute of Technology Falcon 9 Full Thrust Cape Canaveral29 June 2018
JordanJY1-SATJordanian students under the Crown Prince Foundation Falcon 9 Full Thrust Vandenberg3 December 2018
NepalNepaliSat-1NAST for Nepal Academy of Science and Technology Kyushu Institute of Technology Antares 230 MARS LP0A17 April 2019
Sri LankaRaavana 1Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies Kyushu Institute of Technology
RwandaRWASAT-1Rwanda Utilities Regulatory AuthorityRwandan engineers with support from the University of Tokyo H-IIB Tanegashima Space Center Yoshinobu Launch Complex24 September 2019Decay from orbit 27 April 2022
SudanSudan Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (SRSS-1)SudanISRA Long March 4B Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre LC-93 November 2019
EthiopiaEthiopian Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (ETRSS-1)Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute Long March 4B Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre20 December 2019
GuatemalaQuetzal-1Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Guatemala Students from the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral SLC-407 March 2020
SloveniaTRISATUniversity of MariborUniversity of MariborVega Kourou3 September 2020Launched on same rocket as first Monégasque satellite.NEMO-HDSpace-SIUTIAS / Space-SI
MonacoOSM-1 CiceroOrbital Solutions Monaco Orbital Solutions MonacoLaunched on same rocket as first two Slovenian satellites.
ParaguayGuaraniSat-1Paraguayan Space Agency and Kyutech-led fourth Joint Global Multination Birds Project Kyushu Institute of Technology Antares 230 MARS LP0A20 February 2021Launched on same rocket as first Myanma satellite.
MyanmarLawkanat-1[28]Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University Hokkaido University / Myanmar Aerospace Engineering UniversityLaunched on same rocket as first Paraguayan satellite.
TunisiaChallenge-1Telnet TunisieTelnet Tunisie Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat Baikonur Site 31/622 March 2021
KuwaitQMR-KWTOrbital Space KuwaitOrbital Space Kuwait Falcon 9 CCSFS SLC-4030 June 2021
Bahrain
United Arab EmiratesLight-1New York University Abu DhabiEngineers from Bahrain's space agency, NSSA, in collaboration with Khalifa University Falcon 9 CCSFS21 December 2021Bahrain's first satellite flew as a joint project with the UAE Space Agency
Armenia
SpainARMSAT_1Satlantis / GeocosmosSatlantis Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral SLC-4025 May 2022Joint satellite between Satlantis and Geocosmos
MoldovaTUMnanoSATTechnical University of MoldovaTechnical University of Moldova Falcon 9 Kennedy LC-39A15 July 2022Formerly part of the Soviet Union
UgandaPearlAfricaSat-1Ministry of Science, Technology and InnovationMinistry of Science, Technology and Innovation Antares MARS LP-0A7 November 2022Launched on the same rocket as the first Zimbabwean satellite
ZimbabweZIMSAT-1Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space AgencyZimbabwe National Geospatial and Space AgencyLaunched on the same rocket as the first Ugandan satellite
AlbaniaAlbania-1State Authority for Geospatial Information Satellogic Falcon 9 Cape Canaveral SLC-403 January 2023First Albanian satellites, launched as a pairAlbania-2
Vatican City
ItalySpeiSatDicastery for Communication/ASI ASI Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E12 June 2023Joint satellite between the Italian Space Agency and the Vatican Dicastery for Communication
OmanAMAN-1ETCO SatRev Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E11 November 2023Launched on the same rocket as the first Djiboutian satellite
DjiboutiDjibouti-1AUniversity of Djibouti University of MontpellierLaunched on the same rocket as the first Omani satellite ArmeniaHayasat-1Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory, Center of Scientific Innovation and Education Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E1 December 2023Formerly part of the Soviet Union. Launched on the same rocket as the first Irish satellite
IrelandEIRSAT-1University College Dublin University College DublinLaunched on the same rocket as the first Armenian satellite
SenegalGAINDESAT-1A [fr]SenSat University of Montpellier Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC-4E16 August 2024
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In addition, some countries have only attained a suborbital spaceflight, and have yet to launch a satellite into orbit.
CountryPayloadCarrier rocketLaunch siteDate (UTC)
Lebanon[29]ARZ-3 Ceadar-3 Dbayeh21 November 1962
Yemen[30]Warhead Burkan-2 Sa'dah4 November 2017
Croatia[31]Postcard New Shepard Corn Ranch, Launch Site One11 December 2019
Sealand[32]Postcard New Shepard Corn Ranch, Launch Site One13 October 2020 13:36
British Antarctic Territory[33]Postcard New Shepard Corn Ranch, Launch Site One14 January 2021 16:57
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