Jet Propulsion Lab

11 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

Jet Propulsion Lab is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code JPL, of United States of America. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it. It is part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. See every satellite of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
The SMAP satellite in gold insulation, its antenna boom and folded mesh reflector on top, lowered onto a stand in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2014, engineers in white suits around it.
Photograph: NASA / JPL-Caltech (public domain)
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
SPHEREXSpace telescopeLow Earth orbitYes
PREFIRE-1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
PREFIRE-2Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GRACE-FO 2Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GRACE-FO 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
LMRST-SATNot knownLow Earth orbitEnded
ACRIMSATSpace telescopeLow Earth orbitEnded
TOPEX/POSEIDONEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
IRASSpace telescopeLow Earth orbitEnded
SEASAT 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded