Satellites of European Space Agency
52 satellites in orbit, 24 operating.
The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 12:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT
GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), credits these satellites to European Space Agency under the code I-ESA.
| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel-1A | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
 | Space telescope | Highly elliptical orbit | Yes | |
| Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (Cheops) | Space telescope | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| Envisat | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALILEO-PFM | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | |
| GALILEO-FM2 | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | |
| GALILEO-FM3 | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | |
| FLEX | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| LPNTSAT-002 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| LPNTSAT-001 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| HYDROGNSS-2 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| HYDROGNSS-1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| BIOMASS | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| PROBA-3 OSC | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Yes | |
| PROBA-3 CSC | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Yes | |
| ARCTIC WEATHER SATELLITE | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| EARTHCARE | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| PVCC | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| EDRS-C | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | |
| ESEO | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SWARM C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| SWARM A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| SWARM B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| PROBA V | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALILEO-FM4 | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| CRYOSAT 2 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| PROBA 2 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| SMOS | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| GIOVE-B | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GIOVE-A | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SSETI-EXPRESS | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| INTEGRAL | Space telescope | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| PROBA 1 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| ARTEMIS | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| MAQSAT/ARIANE 5 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| TEAMSAT | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| MAQSAT B | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| MAQSAT H | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| ISO | Space telescope | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| ERS 1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| HIPPARCOS | Space telescope | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| OLYMPUS 1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| MARECS B2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| EUTE 1-F1 (ECS 1) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| CAT 4 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| MARECS A | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| CAT 3 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| METEOSAT 2 | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| GEOS 2 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| OTS 2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| METEOSAT 1 | Earth-watching satellite | Geostationary | Ended | |
| ESA/GOES | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended |