German Aerospace Center

8 satellites in orbit, 5 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 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

German Aerospace Center is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code DLR2, of Germany, Federal Republic of. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
ENMAPEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
CUBELNot knownLow Earth orbitYes
EUCROPISNot knownLow Earth orbitEnded
AISATCommunications satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
TANDEM XEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
TERRA SAR XEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
TUBSATEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
SAFIR 2Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded