Satellites of United States of America
13,573 satellites in orbit, 12,612 operating.
The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 12, 2026, 4:17 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 United States of America under the code US.
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| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRIDIUM 17 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| IRIDIUM 911 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| IRIDIUM 16 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| IRIDIUM 914 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALAXY 25 (TELSTAR 5) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| IRIDIUM 4 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| IRIDIUM 5 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| IRIDIUM 7 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GOES 10 | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DMSP 5D-2 F14 (USA 131) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| DIRECTV 6 (TEMPO 2) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 130 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| AMC-2 (GE-2) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 39 (USA 128) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| ECHOSTAR 2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| AMC-1 (GE-1) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| FAST | Not known | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| UFO 7 (USA 127) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 38 (USA 126) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| TOMS EP | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALAXY 9 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 121 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 120 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 119 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| MSX | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 37 (USA 117) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| REX 2 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| POLAR | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| INTELSAT 3R (PAS 3R) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| ECHOSTAR 1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SKIPPER | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALAXY 3R | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 115 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | |
| UFO 6 (USA 114) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| TELSTAR 4 (TELSTAR 402R) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| INTELSAT 4 (PAS 4) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 113 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| TDRS 7 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | |
| DIRECTV 3 (DBS/NIMIQ 3) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| UFO 5 (USA 111) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| GOES 9 | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| AMSC 1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| ORBVIEW 1 (MICROLAB) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| ORBCOMM FM 2 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| ORBCOMM FM 1 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| DMSP 5D-2 F13 (USA 109) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| UFO 4 (USA 108) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| FAISAT | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NOAA 14 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 107 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| TELSTAR 11 (ORION 1) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DMSP 5D-2 F12 (USA 106) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| DIRECTV 2 (DBS 2) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| INTELSAT 2 (PAS 2) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| UFO 3 (USA 104) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| GORIZONT 30 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| STEP 2 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GOES 8 | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 36 (USA 100) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALAXY 1R | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 99 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DIRECTV 1 (DBS 1) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| TELSTAR 401 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 97 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| GORIZONT 29 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 35 (USA 96) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| ITAMSAT | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| EYESAT A | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| ACTS | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| UFO 2 (USA 95) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | |
| NAVSTAR 34 (USA 94) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NOAA 13 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 93 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 33 (USA 92) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| RADCAL | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| HGS 4 (GALAXY 4) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 32 (USA 91) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| ALEXIS | Space telescope | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 31 (USA 90) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| UFO 1 (USA 98) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| OXP 1 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 30 (USA 88) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| TDRS 6 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | |
| NAVSTAR 29 (USA 87) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 28 (USA 85) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALAXY 7 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SATCOM C3 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 27 (USA 84) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SATCOM C4 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| TOPEX/POSEIDON | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 26 (USA 83) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 82 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 81 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 25 (USA 80) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALAXY 5 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 24 (USA 79) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 78 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DMSP 5D-2 F11 (USA 73) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 75 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 77 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 76 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 74 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 72 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| TDRS 5 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | |
| ORBCOMM-X | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 23 (USA 71) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| REX | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| AURORA 2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NOAA 12 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SPACENET 4 (ASC 2) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DMSP 5D-2 F10 (USA 68) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 22 (USA 66) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GSTAR 4 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SATCOM C1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 65 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| GALAXY 6 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SBS 6 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 21 (USA 64) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 20 (USA 63) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| CRRES | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| USA 62 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 61 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 60 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 59 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| MACSAT 2 (M 2) | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| MACSAT 1 (M 1) | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 58 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 57 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 56 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 55 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 19 (USA 54) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 18 (USA 50) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| OSCAR 18 (WEBERSAT) | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| OSCAR 16 (PACSAT) | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | |
| LEASAT 5 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 17 (USA 49) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 48 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| COBE | Space telescope | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 16 (USA 47) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| FLTSATCOM 8 (USA 46) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 44 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 43 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 15 (USA 42) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 39 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 14 (USA 38) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| TDRS 4 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 13 (USA 35) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| TDRS 3 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | |
| NOAA 11 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SBS 5 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| GSTAR 3 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 32 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 31 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| OSCAR 31 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| OSCAR 25 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NOVA 2 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| PAS 1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| OSCAR 32 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| OSCAR 23 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SPACENET 3R | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DMSP 5D-2 F9 (USA 29) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 28 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| OSCAR 29 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| OSCAR 27 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| DMSP 5D-2 F8 (USA 26) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 25 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 24 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 23 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 22 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GOES 7 | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| FLTSATCOM 7 (USA 20) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| POLAR BEAR | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| NOAA 10 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GSTAR 2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 18 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 17 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 16 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 15 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SATCOM K1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SATCOM K2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 11 (USA 10) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 12 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 11 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| LEASAT 4 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| ASC 1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| OSCAR 24 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| OSCAR 30 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| TELSTAR 303 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| GSTAR 1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| LEASAT 3 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| GEOSAT | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| USA 8 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| USA 7 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NOAA 9 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SPACENET 2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| LEASAT 1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NOVA 3 | Navigation satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| GALAXY 3 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| NAVSTAR 10 (USA 5) | Navigation satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Ended | |
| TELSTAR 302 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended |