Satellites

For  details of all satellites launched  to date go to:   http://www.satelliteonthenet.co.uk/index.php/2013

Number of Satellites - Selected Pertinent Countries as at 30 December 2012

Launch-Capable Countries.

List of first orbital launches by country

Order

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Country[a]

Date (UTC)

4 October 1957

1 February 1958

26 November 1965

11 February 1970

24 April 1970

28 October 1971

24 December 1979

18 July 1980

19 September 1988

28 September 1991

21 January 1992

2 February 2009

12 December 2012[j]

30 January 2013[7]

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite

Satellite launches Three months December 2012  - February 2013

Source:   http://www.satelliteonthenet.co.uk/index.ph 

Note:  It is believed that there are over 1,000 active satellites encircling the globe.  Only one of these has ever attracted United Nations censure – that launched by North Korea.

Below is a list of all satellites as of 31st July 2012, sourced from the Union of Concerned Scientists Satellite Database: 

http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_weapons_and_global_security/space_weapons/technical_issues/ucs-satellite-database.html

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