Satellites of European Union

41 satellites in orbit, 37 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 Union under the code I-EU.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperating
Sentinel-1CEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The Sentinel-1D spacecraft in its gold foil, hanging from a crane above its Ariane 6 launch adaptor in the clean room at Kourou in 2025, the two halves of the fairing behind it.
Photograph: ESA / M. Pédoussaut (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
Sentinel-1D
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-2AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The Sentinel-2B satellite wrapped in gold insulation at ESA’s test centre in the Netherlands in 2016, an engineer in an ESA smock in front of it.
Photograph: ESA / G. Porter (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
Sentinel-2B
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-2CEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-3AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-3BEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Sentinel-5 Precursor (Sentinel-5P)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft, black solar panels along its sides, wheeled into place for fuelling by technicians in SpaceX’s clean room at Vandenberg in October 2020.
Photograph: NASA / USAF 30th Space Wing / Mike Peterson (public domain)
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (Sentinel-6MF)
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The Sentinel-6B spacecraft standing in the processing facility at Vandenberg during tests of its solar arrays in October 2025.
Photograph: NASA / USSF 30th Space Wing / Anthony Mendez (public domain)
Sentinel-6B
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 7 (263)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 10 (206)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 12 (269)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 11 (268)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 14 (26B)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 15 (267)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 16 (26C)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 17 (26D)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 18 (26E)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 19 (2C5)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 20 (2C6)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 21 (2C7)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 22 (2C8)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 25 (2C1)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 26 (2C2)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 23 (2C9)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 24 (2C0)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 27 (223)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 28 (224)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 29 (10C)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 30 (10E)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 32 (137)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 31 (10D)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 33 (138)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 34 (139)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
SENTINEL-3CEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GALILEO 13 (26A)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitYes
SENTINEL 1BEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GALILEO 8 (264)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitEnded
GALILEO 6 (262)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitEnded
GALILEO 5 (261)Navigation satelliteMedium Earth orbitEnded