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Space Statistics

Space Statistics is Orbital Radar's live summary of the numbers in orbit: how many satellites and objects are up there, where the debris is, how many rockets have flown this year and what it all costs.

Last updated: 12 November 2026 · figures update automatically

Space at a Glance

26,000+Objects tracked in orbit 16,000+Satellites in orbit, working and retired 27,930Objects in low Earth orbit today 265Orbital launches in 2026 Over 13,000Starlink satellites launched 396Amazon Leo satellites launched ~1,500,000Debris pieces of 1 to 10 cm (estimate) 132Navigation satellites (GPS, Galileo and others)

Satellites and Constellations

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How many satellites are up there, who owns them, and how the big constellations compare.

Space Debris and Re-entries

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Where the debris is, how it got there, and how well re-entries are predicted.

Launches and the Space Economy

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What it costs to reach orbit, who is paying, and where the money is going.

Deep Space and the Big Picture

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Missions far from Earth, and how much power humanity has put into orbit.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Orbital Radar tracks 26,000+ objects in Earth orbit. 16,000+ of them are satellites, working and retired; the rest are debris and spent rocket bodies. The live count is on How Many Satellites Are in Orbit?

27,930 tracked objects were in low Earth orbit on 12 November 2026: satellites, rocket bodies and debris together. The Gabbard diagram shows how that number grew from four objects in 1960.

265 orbital launches so far in 2026. The launch database lists every one.

Automatically. The counts on this page refresh from our tracking systems through the day, and the low-orbit figures from our orbit archive once a day.

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