View source for Engineering:Timeline of first artificial satellites by country

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As of {{Date}}, over eighty countries have operated artificial satellites.

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|style="background-color:#deadff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp; || Denotes international organisations
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|style="background-color:#ffdead;" | &nbsp;&nbsp; || Denotes countries formerly part of another country which already had a spacecraft in orbit
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|style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp; || Denotes countries with disputed sovereignty or recognition and autonomous dependent territories
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! Country
! Satellite
! Operator
! Manufacturer
! Carrier rocket<ref name="LL">{{cite web |url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt |title=Launch Log |work=Jonathan's Space Page |first=Jonathan |last=McDowell |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref>
! Launch site<ref name="LL"/>
! Date (UTC)<ref name="LL"/>
! Remarks
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| {{USSR}} || [[Engineering:Sputnik 1|Sputnik 1]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik_mission.html |title=Sputnik's Mission |first=Anatoly |last=Zak |work=RussianSpaceWeb |access-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> || OKB-1 || {{flagicon|USSR}} OKB-1 || {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Engineering:Sputnik (rocket)|Sputnik]] 8K71PS || {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur || {{dts|4 October 1957}} || First satellite launched
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| {{USA}} || [[Astronomy:Explorer 1|Explorer 1]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bairandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/exp1.html |title=Explorer 1 |work=Milestones of Flight |publisher=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum |access-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> || ABMA || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Organization:Jet Propulsion Laboratory|JPL]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Juno I RS-29 || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|1 February 1958}} || 
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| {{UK}} || [[Engineering:Ariel 1|Ariel 1]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics/research/space/timeline/1960s |title=Timeline: 1960s |work=Space Research: 50 Years and Beyond |publisher=University of Leicester |access-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> || RAE || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Organization:NASA|NASA]] / {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}}[[Organization:Science and Engineering Research Council|SERC]]|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Thor-Delta|Thor DM-19 Delta]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|26 April 1962}} ||
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| {{CAN}} || [[Engineering:Alouette 1|Alouette 1]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/alouette.asp |title=Alouette I and II |publisher=Canadian Space Agency |access-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> || DRDC || {{flagicon|CAN}} DRDC || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Thor-Agena|Thor DM-21 Agena-B]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} || {{dts|29 September 1962}} ||
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| {{ITA}} || [[Engineering:San Marco 1|San Marco 1]]<ref name="css">{{cite book |title=The Century of Space Science |first=Arturo |last=Russo |volume=1 |page=52 |publisher=Springer |year=2002 |isbn=0-7923-7196-8}}</ref> || CNR || {{flagicon|ITA}} CRA<ref name="css"/> || {{flagicon|USA}} Scout X-4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Organization:Wallops Flight Facility|Wallops]] || {{dts|15 December 1964}} ||
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| {{FRA}} || [[Engineering:Astérix (satellite)|Astérix]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors |first=Herbert J. |last=Kramer |publisher=Springer |year=2002 |page=160 |isbn=3-5404-2388-5}}</ref> || [[Organization:CNES|CNES]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:CNES|CNES]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Diamant A || {{flagicon|ALG}} Hammaguir || {{dts|26 November 1965}} ||
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| {{AUS}} || [[Engineering:WRESAT|WRESAT]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=npI5NsFG8ngC|title=Spacecraft Technology: The Early Years |first=Mark |last=Williamson |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |page=85| year=2006|isbn=978-0-86341-553-1}}</ref> || WRE || {{flagicon|AUS}} WRE || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Sparta (rocket)|Sparta]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera || {{dts|29 November 1967}} ||
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| style="background-color:#deadff;" | 
 {{collapsible list|
  |title      = 10 European countries 
| Belgium
| Denmark
| France
| Germany
| Italy
| Netherlands
| Spain
| Sweden
| Switzerland
| United Kingdom
}}
|| [[Organization:ESRO 2B|ESRO 2B]]<ref name="ESA">{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br250/br250.pdf |title=ESA Achievements |publisher=European Space Agency |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> || ESRO || {{flagicon|UK}} Hawker Siddeley<ref name="ESA"/> || {{flagicon|USA}} Scout B || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} || {{dts|17 May 1968}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/ELDO_ESRO_ESA_br_Key_dates_1960-2013 |title=ELDO/ESRO/ESA: Key Dates 1960-2013 |publisher=European Space Agency |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> ||
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| {{FRG}} || Azur<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-5170/8702_read-20724/ |title=When did the first German satellite go into space?|publisher=DLR |date=23 November 2009 |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> ||  [[Organization:German Aerospace Center|DLR]] || {{flagicon|DEU}} DLR / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Organization:NASA|NASA]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Scout B || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} || {{dts|8 November 1969}} ||
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| {{JPN}} || [[Engineering:Ohsumi (satellite)|Ohsumi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/ohsumi.shtml |title=Ohsumi<!--alternative spelling--> |publisher=Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |access-date=1 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511072752/http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/ohsumi.shtml |archive-date=11 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> || [[Organization:Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} ISAS || {{flagicon|JPN}} Lambda-4S || {{flagicon|JPN}} Kagoshima || {{dts|11 February 1970}} ||
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| {{PRC}} || {{nowrap|[[Engineering:Dong Fang Hong I|Dongfanghong I]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-00u.html |title=China Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of First Satellite Launch |first=Wei |last=Long |date=25 April 2000 |access-date=1 May 2013 |publisher=Space Daily}}</ref>}} || CAST || {{flagicon|PRC}} CAST || {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Engineering:Long March 1|Chang Zheng 1]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan || {{dts|24 April 1970}} ||
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| {{NED}} || [[Astronomy:Astronomical Netherlands Satellite|ANS]]<ref name="FTIH">{{cite web |url=http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online/thema_first.html |title=First Time in History |publisher=The Satellite Encyclopedia |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> || [[Organization:Netherlands Institute for Space Research|SRON]]{{\}}[[Organization:NASA|NASA]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Company:Philips|Philips]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Scout D-1 || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} || {{dts|30 August 1974}} ||
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| {{ESP}} || Intasat<ref name="FTIH"/> || [[Organization:Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial|INTA]] || {{flagicon|Spain}} Standard Electrica || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Delta 2000|Delta 2310]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} || {{dts|15 November 1974}} ||
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| {{IND}} || Aryabhata<ref name="FTIH"/> || [[Astronomy:ISRO|ISRO]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Astronomy:ISRO|ISRO]]  || {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Engineering:Kosmos-3M|Kosmos-3M]] || {{flagicon|USSR}} Kapustin Yar || {{dts|19 April 1975}} ||
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| {{IDN}} || Palapa A1<ref name="FTIH"/> || Perumtel || {{flagicon|USA}} Hughes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Delta 2000|Delta 2914]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|8 July 1976}} ||
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| {{CSK}} || Magion 1<ref name="FTIH"/> ||  || {{flagicon|USSR}}  || {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Engineering:Kosmos-3M|Kosmos-3M]] || {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk || {{dts|24 October 1978}} ||
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| {{BUL}} || [[Engineering:Bulgaria 1300|Bulgaria 1300]]<ref name="FTIH"/> || BSA || {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Bulgarian Academy of Sciences  || {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Engineering:Vostok-2M|Vostok-2M]] || {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk || {{dts|7 August 1981}} ||
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| {{SAU}} || [[Engineering:Arabsat-1A|Arabsat-1A]] || Arabsat || {{flagicon|FRA}} Aérospatiale || rowspan="2" | [[Engineering:Ariane 3|Ariane 3]] || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || rowspan="2" | {{dts|8 February 1985}} || 
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| {{BRA}} || Brasilsat A1<ref name="FTIH"/> || Embratel || {{flagicon|USA}} Hughes || 
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| {{MEX}} || Morelos 1<ref name="FTIH"/> || SCT || {{flagicon|USA}} Hughes || {{flagicon|USA}} {{OV|103}}|| {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy || {{dts|17 June 1985}} || Deployed using [[Astronomy:PAM-D|PAM-D]] during [[Engineering:STS-51-G|STS-51-G]]
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| {{SWE}} || [[Engineering:Viking (satellite)|Viking]] || SSC || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Company:Boeing|Boeing]]/<br/>{{flagicon|SWE}} Saab || [[Engineering:Ariane 1|Ariane 1]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|22 February 1986}} || 
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| {{ISR}} || Ofek-1 ||  || {{flagicon|ISR}} IAI || {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Engineering:Shavit 2|Shavit]] || {{flagicon|ISR}} Palmachim || {{dts|19 September 1988}} || 
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| {{LUX}} || [[Engineering:Astra 1A|Astra 1A]] || SES Astra  || {{flagicon|USA}} GE Astrospace || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 44LP]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|11 December 1988}} ||  
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| {{ARG}} || Lusat || AMSAT Argentina ||  || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 40]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|22 January 1990}} ||
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|  style="background-color:#ccffcc" | {{flag|Hong Kong|1959}} || AsiaSat 1 || AsiaSat || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Company:Hughes Aircraft Company|Hughes]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Engineering:Long March 3|Chang Zheng 3]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang || {{dts|7 April 1990}} || Hong Kong, a British Overseas Territory, became part of the People's Republic of China in July 1997
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| {{PAK}} || [[Engineering:Badr-1|Badr-1]] || [[Astronomy:Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission|SUPARCO]] || {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Astronomy:Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission|SUPARCO]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Engineering:Long March 2E|Chang Zheng 2E]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang || {{dts|16 July 1990}} ||
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| style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{RUS}} || [[Engineering:Kosmos 2175|Kosmos 2175]] ||  || {{flagicon|RUS}} || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Engineering:Soyuz-U|Soyuz-U]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk || {{dts|21 January 1992}} || Successor state to the Soviet Union
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| {{KOR}} || [[Engineering:Kitsat-1|Kitsat-1]] || KAIST || {{flagicon|UK}} [[Company:Surrey Satellite Technology|SSTL]] || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 42P]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|10 August 1992}} ||  
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| {{POR}} || [[Engineering:PoSAT-1|PoSAT-1]] || PoSAT || {{flagicon|UK}} [[Company:Surrey Satellite Technology|SSTL]] || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 40]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|26 September 1993}} ||  
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| {{THA}} || Thaicom-1 || Shin Satellite || {{flagicon|USA}} Hughes || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 44L]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|18 December 1993}} ||  
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| {{TUR}} || Turksat 1B || [[Company:Türksat|Türksat]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} Aérospatiale || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 44LP]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|10 August 1994}} ||  
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|  style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{CZE}} || Magion 4 ||  || {{flagicon|CZE}} || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Engineering:Molniya-M|Molniya-M]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk || {{dts|2 August 1995}} || Formerly part of Czechoslovakia
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|  style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{UKR}} || [[Engineering:Sich-1|Sich-1]] ||  || || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Engineering:Tsyklon-3|Tsyklon-3]] || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk || rowspan="2" | {{dts|31 August 1995}} || Formerly part of the Soviet Union
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| {{CHI}} || [[Engineering:FASat-Alfa|FASat-Alfa]] ||  || {{flagicon|UK}} [[Company:Surrey Satellite Technology|SSTL]] || Failed to separate
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| {{MYS}} || MEASAT-1 || MEASAT || {{flagicon|USA}} Hughes || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 44L]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|13 January 1996}} ||  
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| {{NOR}} || [[Engineering:Thor (satellite)#Thor 2|Thor 2]] || Telenor || {{flagicon|USA}} Hughes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Delta II|Delta II 7925]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|20 May 1997}} ||  
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|rowspan=2| {{PHI}} || Mabuhay (Agila 1)<br> (former Palapa B2P)||rowspan=2| Mabuhay || || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Delta 3000|Delta-3920]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|20 March 1987}} || Originally 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.
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| Mabuhay 1 (Agila 2) || {{flagicon|USA}} SS/Loral || {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Engineering:Long March 3B|Chang Zheng 3B]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang || {{dts|19 August 1997}} || First Philippine satellite to be launched from space
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| {{EGY}} || Nilesat 101 || [[Company:Nilesat|Nilesat]] || [[Company:Astrium|Astrium]] || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 44P]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|28 April 1998}} ||  
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| style="background-color:#deadff;" | {{SGP}}<br/>{{TWN}} || ST-1 || SingTel<br/>[[Company:Chunghwa Telecom|Chunghwa]] || [[Company:Astrium|Astrium]] || [[Engineering:Ariane 4|Ariane 44P]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|25 August 1998}} || 
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| style="background-color:#ccffcc" | {{TWN}} || Formosat-1 || NSPO || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Company:TRW Inc.|TRW]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Athena I || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|27 January 1999}} || 
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| {{RSA}} || [[Engineering:SUNSAT|SUNSAT]] || Stellenbosch || {{flagicon|RSA}} Stellenbosch || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Delta II|Delta II 7920]] || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|23 February 1999}} ||  Launched on same rocket as first Danish satellite
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| {{DEN}} || [[Engineering:Ørsted (satellite)|Ørsted]] ||  || {{flagicon|DEN}} CRI ||  Launched on same rocket as first South African satellite
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|style="background-color:#ffdead;" |{{Flagicon|Georgia}} [[Place:Georgia (country)|Georgia]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reflektor|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/reflektor.htm}}</ref>
|Reflektor
|Energia-GPI Space
|{{Flagicon|Georgia}} {{Flagicon|RUS}} Energia-GPI Space
|{{Flagicon|RUS}}[[Engineering:Soyuz-U|Soyuz-U]]
|{{Flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|17 July 1999
|Formerly part of the Soviet Union
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| {{UAE}} || Thuraya 1 || [[Company:Thuraya|Thuraya]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Company:Boeing|Boeing]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Engineering:Zenit-3SL|Zenit-3SL]] || {{flagicon|UN}} [[Engineering:Odyssey (launch platform)|Odyssey]] || {{dts|21 October 2000}} ||  
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| {{BEL}} || [[Engineering:PROBA|PROBA]]-1 || [[Organization:European Space Agency|ESA]] || {{flagicon|BEL}} Verhaert Space || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Engineering:Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Astronomy:Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] || {{dts|22 October 2001}} || 
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| {{MAR}} || Maroc-Tubsat ||  || {{flagicon|DEU}} TU Berlin || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Engineering:Zenit-2|Zenit-2]] || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur || {{dts|10 December 2001}} ||
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| {{TON}} || Esiafi 1<br />(formerly&nbsp;Comstar&nbsp;D4) || TONGASAT || {{flagicon|USA}} SS/Loral || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Atlas-Centaur|Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|21 February 1981}} || A private American satellite that transferred ownership to Tonga in April 2002
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| {{ALG}} || [[Engineering:AlSAT-1|AlSAT-1]] ||  || {{flagicon|UK}} [[Company:Surrey Satellite Technology|SSTL]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Engineering:Kosmos-3M|Kosmos-3M]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk || {{dts|28 November 2002}} || 
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| {{GRC}} || Hellas-Sat 2 || Hellas-Sat || [[Company:Astrium|Astrium]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Atlas V|Atlas V 401]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|13 May 2003}} ||  
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| {{NGA}} || NigeriaSat-1 ||  || {{flagicon|UK}} [[Company:Surrey Satellite Technology|SSTL]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Engineering:Kosmos-3M|Kosmos-3M]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk || {{dts|27 September 2003}} || 
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| {{IRN}} || [[Engineering:Sina-1|Sina-1]] ||  || {{flagicon|RUS}} NPO Polyot || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Engineering:Kosmos-3M|Kosmos-3M]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} Plesetsk || {{dts|27 October 2005}} ||
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| style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{KAZ}} || KazSat-1 ||  || {{flagicon|RUS}} Khrunichev || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Engineering:Proton-M|Proton-M]]/DM3 || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur || {{dts|17 June 2006}} || Formerly part of the Soviet Union
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| {{COL}} || Libertad-1 ||  || {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|COL}} || {{flagicon|UKR}} Dnepr || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur || {{dts|17 April 2007}} ||
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| {{MUS}} || Rascom-QAF 1 || Rascom || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Company:Thales Alenia Space|Alcatel]] || [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5GS]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|21 December 2007}} || 
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| {{VIE}} || Vinasat-1 || [[Company:Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group|Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group]]  || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Company:Lockheed Martin|Lockheed Martin]] || [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5ECA]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|18 April 2008}} || 
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| {{VEN}} || [[Engineering:Venesat-1|Venesat-1]] ||  || {{flagicon|PRC}} CAST || {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Engineering:Long March 3B|Chang Zheng 3B/E]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang || {{dts|29 October 2008}} ||  
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| style="background-color:#deadff;" |{{Flagicon|France}} {{wipe|France}}
{{Flagicon|Afghanistan|2013}} Afghanistan
|Eutelsat 48D / [[Engineering:Afghansat 1|Afghansat 1]]
|Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and Information
|EADS Astrium
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5ECA]]
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]
|20 December 2008
|Satellite leased to the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and Information in January 2014
|-
| {{SUI}} || [[Engineering:SwissCube-1|SwissCube-1]] ||  || {{flagicon|SUI}} || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Engineering:Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV-CA]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Astronomy:Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] || {{dts|23 September 2009}} ||
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| {{SGP}} || X-Sat ||  || {{flagicon|KOR}} SATREC ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Engineering:Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV-C]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Astronomy:Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] || {{dts|20 April 2011}} || 
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| style="background-color:#ccffcc" | {{IOM}} || [[Engineering:ViaSat-1|ViaSat-1]] || ViaSat-IOM, ManSat, Telesat-IOM || {{flagicon|USA}} SS/Loral || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Engineering:Proton-M|Proton-M]]/Briz-M || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur || {{dts|19 October 2011}} || Isle of Man is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign
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| {{HUN}} || [[Engineering:MaSat-1|MaSat-1]]<ref name="Vega">{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.int/Education/Central_and_eastern_Europe_make_history_with_small_satellites |title=Central and Eastern Europe Make History with Small Satellites |date=13 February 2012 |access-date=1 May 2013 |publisher=European Space Agency}}</ref> ||  || {{flagicon|HUN}} BME || rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Vega (rocket)|Vega]] ||  rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || rowspan="3" | {{dts|13 February 2012}} || 
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| {{POL}} || [[Engineering:PW-Sat|PW-Sat]]<ref name="Vega"/> ||  Warsaw University of Technology, Space Research Centre ||  ||Deorbit on 28 October 2014
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| {{ROM}} || Goliat<ref name="Vega"/> ||  || {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ROM}} || 
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| style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{BLR}} || BelKA-2<ref>{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/belka-2.htm |title=BKA (BelKa 2) |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |work=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2012-07/24/c_131733987.htm |title=Belarus' first satellite enters orbit |date=24 July 2012 |access-date=1 May 2013 |publisher=Xinhua}}</ref> ||  || {{flagicon|RUS}} || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Engineering:Soyuz-FG|Soyuz-FG]]/[[Engineering:Fregat|Fregat]] || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur || {{dts|22 July 2012}} || 
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| {{PRK}} || [[Engineering:Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2|Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit&nbsp;2]]<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/12/12/real-time-satellite-tracker-shows-precise-location-of-north-koreas-new-satellite/ |title=Real-time satellite tracker shows precise location of North Korea's new satellite |first=Max |last=Fisher |work=Washington Post |date=12 December 2012 |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> || [[Organization:Korean Committee of Space Technology|KCST]] || {{flagicon|PRK}} || {{flagicon|PRK}} Unha-3 || {{flagicon|PRK}} Sohae || {{dts|12 December 2012}} || Failed to operate in orbit
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| style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{AZE}} || Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-08/first-azeri-satellite-launched-two-more-planned-in-2015-2016.html |title=First Azeri Satellite Launched, Two More Planned in 2015-2016 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=8 February 2013 |access-date=1 May 2013 |first=Zulfugar |last=Agayev}}</ref> ||  || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Company:Orbital Sciences Corporation|Orbital Sciences]] || [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5ECA]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|7 February 2013}} ||  Formerly part of the Soviet Union
|-
| {{AUT}} || [[Astronomy:TUGSAT-1|TUGSAT-1]]/UniBRITE<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.univie.ac.at/brite-constellation/html/brite-austria__unibrite.html |work=BRITE-Constellation |title=AUSTRIAN SATELLITES: BRITE-AUSTRIA & UniBRITE |publisher=Universität Wien |access-date=1 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324122445/http://www.univie.ac.at/brite-constellation/html/brite-austria__unibrite.html |archive-date=24 March 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ||  || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Organization:University of Toronto|UTAIS]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Engineering:Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV-CA]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Astronomy:Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] || {{dts|25 February 2013}} || Austria's first two satellites were launched together
|- 
| style="background-color:#ccffcc" | {{BMU}} || Bermudasat&nbsp;1<br />(former&nbsp;EchoStar&nbsp;VI) || Bermudasat|| {{flagicon|USA}} SS/Loral || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Atlas II|Atlas IIAS]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|14 July 2000}} || Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory;  Bermudasat 1 (former private American EchoStar VI) satellite was transferred in April 2013 to Bermuda being at orbit
|-
| {{ECU}} || [[Engineering:NEE-01 Pegaso|NEE-01 Pegaso]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/04/china-back-in-action-long-march-2d-gaofen-1/ |title=China back in action with Long March 2D launch of Gaofen-1 |first=Rui C. |last=Barbosa |publisher=NASASpaceflight.com |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> || [[Organization:Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency|EXA]] || {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Organization:Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency|EXA]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Chang Zheng 2D]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan || {{dts|26 April 2013}} ||
|-
| style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{EST}} || [[Engineering:ESTCube-1|ESTCube-1]] ||  || {{flagicon|EST}}  || [[Engineering:Vega (rocket)|Vega]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|7 May 2013}} ||  Estonia was formerly part of the Soviet Union.
|- 
| style="background-color:#ccffcc" | {{JEY}} || [[Engineering:O3b (satellite)|O3b-1/O3b-2/O3b-3/O3b-4]] || O3b Networks || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Company:Thales Alenia Space|Thales Alenia Space]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|25 June 2013}} || Jersey's first four satellites were launched together. Jersey is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign
|-
|style="background-color:#deadff;" | {{FRA}}<br/>{{QAT}} || Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 || [[Company:Eutelsat|Eutelsat]]<br/>Es'hailSat || {{flagicon|USA}} SS/Loral|| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5ECA]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|29 August 2013}} || Qatar's first satellite flew as a joint project with the French corporation Eutelsat 
|-
|| {{QAT}} ||Es'hail 1 || Es'hailSat || {{flagicon|USA}} SS/Loral|| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5ECA]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] || {{dts|29 August 2013}} || Full ownership of the joint France-Qatar satellite Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 was sold to Es'hailsat in 2018 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/business/2018/08/10/eshailsat-makes-deal-with-eutelsat-to-fully-own-satellite/|title=Es'hailSat Makes Deal with Eutelsat to Fully Own Satellite - Via Satellite -|date=10 August 2018|website=Via Satellite}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{PER}} || PUCP-Sat 1 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|PER}}  || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|UKR}} Dnepr || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Dombarovsky || rowspan="2" | {{dts|21 November 2013}} || rowspan="2" |
|-
|Pocket-PUCP
|-
| {{BOL}} || [[Engineering:Túpac Katari 1|Túpac Katari 1]] ||  || {{flagicon|PRC}} CAST  || {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Engineering:Long March 3B|Chang Zheng 3B/E]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang || {{dts|20 December 2013}} ||
|- 
| style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{LTU}} || [[Engineering:LitSat-1|LitSat-1]]/[[Engineering:Lituanica SAT-1|Lituanica SAT-1]] ||  || {{flagicon|LTU}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Antares (rocket)|Antares 120]] || {{flagicon|USA}} MARS LP-0A || {{dts|9 January 2014}} || The first two Lithuanian satellites were launched together; both carried to the [[Astronomy:International Space Station|International Space Station]] and deployed later in the year. Lithuania was formerly part of the Soviet Union.
|-
| {{IRQ}} || Tigrisat || MOST{{\}}La Sapienza || {{flagicon|ITA}} La Sapienza|| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Dnepr || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Dombarovsky || rowspan="2" |  {{dts|19 June 2014}} || 
|-
| {{URU}} || ANTELSAT || ANTEL || {{flagicon|URU}} UdelaR ||
|- 
| style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{TKM}} || TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT || [[Organization:Turkmenistan National Space Agency|TNSA]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Company:Thales Alenia Space|Alcatel]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Falcon 9|Falcon 9]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|27 April 2015}} || Formerly part of the Soviet Union.
|-
| {{LAO}} || Laosat-1 || Laos National Authority for Science and Technology || {{flagicon|PRC}} CAST || {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Engineering:Long March 3B|Chang Zheng 3B/E]] || {{flagicon|PRC}} Xichang || {{dts|20 November 2015}} ||
|-
| {{FIN}} || Aalto-2 || Aalto University || {{flagicon|FIN}} Aalto University || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Atlas V|Atlas V 401]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|18 April 2017}} ||
|-
|  {{BGD}} || BRAC ONNESHA || BRACU || rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|JPN}} KIT || rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Falcon 9 Full Thrust|Falcon 9 Full Thrust]] || rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy || rowspan="3" | {{dts|3 June 2017}} || Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Mongolian satellites
|-
| {{GHA}} || [[Engineering:GhanaSat-1|GhanaSat-1]] || [[Organization:All Nations University|All Nations University]] || Launched on same rocket as first Bangladeshi and Mongolian satellites
|-
| {{MNG}} || [[Engineering:Mazaalai (satellite)|Mazaalai (satellite)]] || [[Organization:National University of Mongolia|National University of Mongolia]] || Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Bangladeshi satellites
|-
| style="background-color:#ffdead;" |  {{LAT}} || Venta 1 || [[Organization:Ventspils University College|Ventspils University College]] || {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Organization:Ventspils University College|Ventspils University College]] || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Engineering:Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV-CA]] || rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Astronomy:Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] || rowspan="2" |{{dts|23 June 2017}} || Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Launched on same rocket as first Slovakian satellite
|-
| style="background-color:#ffdead;" | {{SVK}} || skCUBE || [[Organization:Slovak Organisation for Space Activities|SOSA]] || {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Organization:Slovak Organisation for Space Activities|SOSA]] || Formerly part of Czechoslovakia, Launched on same rocket as first Latvian satellite
|-
| {{ANG}} || [[Engineering:AngoSat 1|AngoSat 1]] || [[Engineering:AngoSat 1|AngoSat]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} RSC Energia || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Engineering:Zenit-3F|Zenit-3F]] / [[Engineering:Fregat|Fregat]]-SB || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur || {{dts|26 December 2017}} || Launch was successful but contact was lost quickly afterwards.<ref name=gunter-angosat>{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/angosat-1.htm |title=AngoSat 1 |work=Gunter's Space Page |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> On 28 December 2017, communication was restored and telemetry was received.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.ru/kosmos/4850396|title=Источник: со спутником "Ангосат" восстановлена связь|website=ТАСС}}</ref>
|-
| {{NZ}} || Humanity Star || [[Company:Rocket Lab|Rocket Lab]]  || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Company:Rocket Lab|Rocket Lab]] || {{flagicon|NZ}} [[Engineering:Electron (rocket)|Electron]] || {{flagicon|NZL}} Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 || {{dts|21 January 2018}} || First satellite launched by New Zealand launcher.
|-
| {{CRI}} || Proyecto Irazú || [[Organization:Costa Rica Institute of Technology|Costa Rica Institute of Technology]]  || {{flagicon|CRI}} [[Organization:Costa Rica Institute of Technology|Costa Rica Institute of Technology]] || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|US}} [[Engineering:Falcon 9|Falcon 9]] || rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2 April 2018}} || First satellite of Central America. Manufactured in Costa Rica.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.co.cr/costa-rica-launches-its-first-satellite-into-space-april-2/72002/ |title=Costa Rica Launches Its First Satellite Into Space with SpaceX |publisher=The Costa Rica Star |date=2 April 2018 |access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|{{KEN}} || [[Engineering:1KUNS-PF|1KUNS-PF]] || University of Nairobi || University of Nairobi {{flagicon|KEN}} || Launched on same rocket as first Costa Rican satellite.
|-
| {{BHU}} || [[Engineering:BHUTAN-1|Bhutan 1]] || Bhutanese students under Kyutech-led second Joint Global Multination Birds Project ([[Engineering:Birds-2|Birds-2]]) || {{flagicon|JPN}} Kyushu Institute of Technology || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Falcon 9 Full Thrust|Falcon 9 Full Thrust]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station}} || {{dts|29 June 2018}} 
|
|-
| {{JOR}} || JY1-SAT || Jordanian students under the Crown Prince Foundation || || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Falcon 9 Full Thrust|Falcon 9 Full Thrust]] || {{flagicon|USA}} {{wipe|Vandenberg Air Force Base}} || {{dts|3 December 2018}}
|
|-
| {{NEP}} || [[Engineering:NepaliSat-1|NepaliSat-1]] || [[Organization:NASA|NASA]] for Nepal Academy of Science and Technology || {{flagicon|JPN}} Kyushu Institute of Technology || rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} Antares 230 || rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} MARS LP0A || rowspan="2"| {{dts|17 April 2019}}
|
|-
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || [[Engineering:Raavana 1|Raavana 1]] || [[Organization:Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies|Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} Kyushu Institute of Technology
|
|-
| {{RWA}} || RWASAT-1|| Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority|| Rwandan engineers with support from the {{flagicon|JPN}} University of Tokyo || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Engineering:H-IIB|H-IIB]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} Tanegashima Space Center Yoshinobu Launch Complex || {{dts|24 September 2019}} || Decay from orbit 27 April 2022
|-
| {{SUD}} || Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (SRSS-1) || Sudan || ISRA || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre LC-9 || {{dts|3 November 2019}} ||
|-
| {{ETH}} || Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (ETRSS-1) || Ethiopia || {{ETH}} Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre || {{dts|20 December 2019}} ||
|-
| {{GUA}} || Quetzal-1|| [[Organization:Universidad del Valle de Guatemala|Universidad del Valle de Guatemala]] || {{GUA}} Students from the [[Organization:Universidad del Valle de Guatemala|Universidad del Valle de Guatemala]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Falcon 9|Falcon 9]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-40 || {{dts|7 March 2020}} ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|SVN}} Slovenia
|TRISAT
|[[Organization:University of Maribor|University of Maribor]]
|[[Organization:University of Maribor|University of Maribor]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Engineering:Vega (rocket)|Vega]]
| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]
| rowspan="3" |3 September 2020
| rowspan="2" |Launched on same rocket as first Monégasque satellite.
|-
|NEMO-HD
|Space-SI
|UTIAS / Space-SI
|-
|{{Flagicon|MCO}} [[Place:Monaco|Monaco]]
|OSM-1 Cicero
|Orbital Solutions Monaco
|{{Flagicon|MCO}} Orbital Solutions Monaco
|Launched on same rocket as first two Slovenian satellites.
|-
|{{Flagicon|PRY}} Paraguay
|GuaraniSat-1
|Paraguayan Space Agency and Kyutech-led fourth Joint Global Multination Birds Project
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kyushu Institute of Technology
| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} Antares 230
| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} MARS LP0A
| rowspan="2" |20 February 2021
|Launched on same rocket as first Myanma satellite. 
|-
|{{Flagicon|Myanmar}} Myanmar
|Myanmar Satellite-1
|Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University
|{{Flagicon|Japan}} Hokkaido University / {{Flagicon|Myanmar}}  Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University
|Launched on same rocket as first Paraguayan satellite. 
|-
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|[[Engineering:Challenge-1|Challenge-1]]
|Telnet Tunisie
|Telnet Tunisie
|{{Flagicon|Russia}} Soyuz-2.1a / [[Engineering:Fregat|Fregat]]
|{{Flagicon|KAZ}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|22 March 2021
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Kuwait}} Kuwait
|QMR-KWT
|Orbital Space Kuwait
|Orbital Space Kuwait
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:Falcon 9|Falcon 9]]
|{{Flagicon|USA}} CCSFS SLC-40
|30 June 2021
|
|-
|style="background-color:#deadff;" | {{Flagicon|Bahrain}} Bahrain<br/>{{UAE}} || Light-1 || New York University Abu Dhabi || Engineers from Bahrain's space agency, [[Organization:National Space Science Agency|NSSA]], in collaboration with {{flagicon|UAE}} Khalifa University
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Engineering:SpaceX CRS-24|SpaceX CRS-24]]
|{{Flagicon|USA}} CCSFS
|21 December 2021
|Bahrain's first satellite flew as a joint project with the UAE Space Agency
|-
|}

== Related ==
In addition, some countries have only attained a suborbital launch, and have yet to launch a satellite.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Country
!Payload
!Carrier rocket
!Launch site
!Date (UTC)
|-
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cedre 3|url=http://www.astronautix.com/c/cedre3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228020649/http://astronautix.com/c/cedre3.html|archive-date=28 December 2016|url-status=live|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=astronautix}}</ref>
|ARZ-3
|{{Flagicon|Lebanon}} Ceadar-3
|{{Flagicon|Lebanon}} Dbayeh
|21 November 1962
|-
|{{Flag|Yemen}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burkan 2H|url=http://www.astronautix.com/b/burkan2h.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716121521/http://www.astronautix.com/b/burkan2h.html|archive-date=16 July 2019|url-status=live|access-date=23 March 2021|website=astronautix}}</ref>
|Warhead
|{{Flagicon|YEM}} [[Engineering:Burkan-2|Burkan-2]]
|{{Flagicon|YEM}} Sa'dah
|4 November 2017
|-
|{{Flag|Croatia}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=SPACE-FLOWN POSTCARDS|url=https://www.clubforfuture.org/missions/mission-postcards/|quote=Zagreb, HR}}</ref>
|Postcard
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Astronomy:New Shepard|New Shepard]]
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Corn Ranch, Launch Site One
|11 December 2019
|-
| style="background-color:#ccffcc" |{{Flag|Sealand}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 13, 2020|title=Sealand stamps blasted into space|url=https://twitter.com/sealandgov/status/1327281317046857728?lang=en|access-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref>
|Postcard
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Astronomy:New Shepard|New Shepard]]
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Corn Ranch, Launch Site One
|13 October 2020 13:36
|-
| style="background-color:#ccffcc" |{{Flagicon|British Antarctic Territory}} British Antarctic Territory<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 January 2021|title=NEW SHEPARD MISSION NS-14 CARRIES MORE THAN 50,000 POSTCARDS TO SPACE FROM 13 COUNTRIES|url=https://www.clubforfuture.org/news/new-shepard-mission-ns-14-carries-more-than-50-000-postcards-to-space-from-13-countries/|quote=British research station in Antarctica}}</ref>
|Postcard
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Astronomy:New Shepard|New Shepard]]
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Corn Ranch, Launch Site One
|14 January 2021 16:57
|}

==See also==
* [[Astronomy:Satellite#First satellites of countries|First satellites of countries]]
* [[Engineering:Timeline of first orbital launches by country|Timeline of first orbital launches by country]]
* [[Engineering:Timeline of spaceflight|Timeline of spaceflight]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Space exploration lists and timelines}}

[[Category:Spaceflight timelines|satellite]]

{{Sourceattribution|Timeline of first artificial satellites by country|1}}