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.
The live map has no filter that picks out exactly these satellites.
| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating | Flown by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOPSAT | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | ||
| SKYNET 4F | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | ||
| SKYNET 4E | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | ||
| SKYNET 4D | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | ||
| SKYNET 4C | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | ||
| SKYNET 4A | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | ||
| SKYNET 4B | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | ||
| SKYNET 2B | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Ended | ||
| SKYNET 1 | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Ended |