How many satellites are in orbit?
Counted from the public satellite catalog every morning — not a static factoid page. Two kinds of numbers below, labeled: live totals (refreshed daily) and constellation counts (verified against primary tracking sources, with dates).
Tracked objects
34,632
everything in the catalog
Payloads
19,802
satellites, working + defunct
Rocket bodies
2,294
spent stages
Debris fragments
12,481
tracked junk
By orbit
Public SATCAT (CelesTrak), daily snapshot · updated 00:00ZVERIFIED
- Low Earth orbit (LEO)28,832
- Medium Earth orbit (MEO)3,587
- Geostationary (GEO)1,762
The big constellations
Verified against primary tracking sources · curated 2026-09-01
| Constellation | Operator | In orbit | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlink 11,087 working; the largest constellation ever flown (Jonathan McDowell tracking). | SpaceX | 11,102 | 2026-08-27 ↗ |
| OneWeb First-generation constellation complete at ~648 operational slots; 440 next-gen satellites on order from Airbus. | Eutelsat | ~651 | 2026-08-25 ↗ |
| Amazon Leo (ex-Kuiper) Renamed from Project Kuiper in Nov 2025; third-largest constellation and climbing fast. | Amazon | ~391 | 2026-08-31 ↗ |
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