Ministry of Defence, London

9 satellites in orbit, 1 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

Ministry of Defence, London is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code MOD, of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 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
TOPSATEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
SKYNET 4FCommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
SKYNET 4ECommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
SKYNET 4DCommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
SKYNET 4CCommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousYes
SKYNET 4ACommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
SKYNET 4BCommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
SKYNET 2BCommunications satelliteGeostationaryEnded
SKYNET 1Communications satelliteGeostationaryEnded