European Space Agency
52 satellites in orbit, 24 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
European Space Agency is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code ESA, of European Space Agency. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it.
The live map has no filter that picks out exactly these satellites.
| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating | Flown by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |