National Aeronautics and Space Administration

147 satellites in orbit, 67 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 8:17 AM; 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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code NASA, 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.

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Satellite	Kind	Orbit class	Launched	Operating	Flown by
Photograph: NASA (public domain) International Space Station (ISS)	Space station	Low Earth orbit	Nov 20, 1998	Yes	NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
Photograph: NASA (public domain) Hubble Space Telescope (Hubble)	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Apr 24, 1990	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Photograph: NASA / STS-93 / Cady Coleman (public domain) Chandra X-ray Observatory (Chandra)	Space telescope	Highly elliptical orbit	Jul 23, 1999	Yes	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Photograph: NASA (public domain) Terra	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 18, 1999	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Photograph: NASA / Kim Shiflett (public domain) Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi)	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jun 11, 2008	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Photograph: NASA (public domain) TIROS-1	Pioneer	Low Earth orbit	Apr 1, 1960	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Syncom 3	Pioneer	Inclined geosynchronous	Aug 19, 1964	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Photograph: NASA (public domain) Aqua	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 4, 2002	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Photograph: NASA / Mark Mackley (public domain) Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP)	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 28, 2011	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Photograph: NASA / JPL-Caltech (public domain) Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 31, 2015	Ended	Jet Propulsion Lab
OBJECT BG	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Oct 1, 2026	Yes	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
GRITSS	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 7, 2026	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
R5-S9	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 7, 2026	Yes	NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
R5-S10	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Mar 30, 2026	Yes	NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
OBJECT L	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Mar 30, 2026	Yes	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
PANDORA	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jan 11, 2026	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TRACERS 2	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 23, 2025	Yes
EPIC ATHENA	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 23, 2025	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
TRACERS 1	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 23, 2025	Yes
ARCSTONE	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jun 23, 2025	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
SPHEREX	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Mar 12, 2025	Yes	Jet Propulsion Lab
PTD-4	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Aug 16, 2024	Yes	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
R5-S2	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 4, 2024	Yes	NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
R5-S4	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 4, 2024	Yes	NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
PREFIRE-1	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 5, 2024	Yes	Jet Propulsion Lab
PREFIRE-2	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 25, 2024	Yes	Jet Propulsion Lab
ACS 3	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Apr 23, 2024	Yes	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
PACE	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 8, 2024	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
STARLING 3	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 18, 2023	Yes	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
STARLING 1	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 18, 2023	Yes	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
STARLING 2	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 18, 2023	Yes	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
STARLING 4	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Jul 18, 2023	Yes	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
NOAA 21	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Nov 10, 2022	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
IXPE	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Dec 9, 2021	Yes	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
ICON	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Oct 11, 2019	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ICESAT-2	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 15, 2018	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
GRACE-FO 2	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 22, 2018	Yes	Jet Propulsion Lab
GRACE-FO 1	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 22, 2018	Yes	Jet Propulsion Lab
NOAA 20	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Nov 18, 2017	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 13	Communications satellite	Geostationary	Aug 18, 2017	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CYGFM03	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 15, 2016	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
CYGFM07	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 15, 2016	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
CYGFM08	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 15, 2016	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
CYGFM01	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 15, 2016	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
CYGFM02	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 15, 2016	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
CYGFM04	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 15, 2016	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
CYGFM05	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 15, 2016	Yes	NASA Langley Research Center
LMRST-SAT	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Oct 8, 2015	Ended	Jet Propulsion Lab
MMS 4	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Mar 13, 2015	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MMS 3	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Mar 13, 2015	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MMS 2	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Mar 13, 2015	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MMS 1	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Mar 13, 2015	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
OCO 2	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jul 2, 2014	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
GPM	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 27, 2014	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 12	Communications satellite	Geostationary	Jan 24, 2014	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
IRIS	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jun 28, 2013	Yes	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
TDRS 11	Communications satellite	Geostationary	Jan 31, 2013	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
RBSP B	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Aug 30, 2012	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NUSTAR	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jun 13, 2012	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
O/OREOS (USA 219)	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Nov 20, 2010	Ended	NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
SDO	Space telescope	Inclined geosynchronous	Feb 11, 2010	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
THEMIS E	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Feb 17, 2007	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
THEMIS D	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Feb 17, 2007	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
THEMIS A	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Feb 17, 2007	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CLOUDSAT	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 28, 2006	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ST5-C	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Mar 22, 2006	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ST5-A	Not known	Medium Earth orbit	Mar 22, 2006	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
AURA	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jul 15, 2004	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
GP-B	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Apr 20, 2004	Ended	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
GALEX	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Apr 28, 2003	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SORCE	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jan 25, 2003	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CHIPSAT	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jan 13, 2003	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 10	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Dec 5, 2002	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 9	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Mar 8, 2002	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TIMED	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 2001	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ISS (DESTINY)	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Feb 7, 2001	Yes	NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
EO 1	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Nov 21, 2000	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 8	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Jun 30, 2000	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
IMAGE	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Mar 25, 2000	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ACRIMSAT	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Dec 21, 1999	Ended	Jet Propulsion Lab
FUSE 1	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jun 24, 1999	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
QUIKSCAT	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 20, 1999	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SWAS	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Dec 6, 1998	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ISS (UNITY)	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Dec 4, 1998	Yes	NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
FAST	Not known	Medium Earth orbit	Aug 21, 1996	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TOMS EP	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jul 2, 1996	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
POLAR	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Feb 24, 1996	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 7	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Jul 13, 1995	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ACTS	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Sep 12, 1993	Ended	NASA Lewis Research Center
TDRS 6	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Jan 13, 1993	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TOPEX/POSEIDON	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Aug 10, 1992	Ended	Jet Propulsion Lab
TDRS 5	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Aug 2, 1991	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
COBE	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Nov 18, 1989	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 4	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Mar 13, 1989	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 3	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Sep 29, 1988	Yes	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CCE 1 (AMPTE)	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Aug 16, 1984	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TDRS 1	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Apr 4, 1983	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
IRAS	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Jan 26, 1983	Ended	Jet Propulsion Lab
DYNAMICS EXPLORER 1	Not known	Highly elliptical orbit	Aug 3, 1981	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NIMBUS 7	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 24, 1978	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TIROS N	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Oct 13, 1978	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SEASAT 1	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 27, 1978	Ended	Jet Propulsion Lab
LANDSAT 3	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Mar 5, 1978	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
IUE	Space telescope	Inclined geosynchronous	Jan 26, 1978	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
LAGEOS 1	Earth-watching satellite	Medium Earth orbit	May 4, 1976	Ended	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
NIMBUS 6	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 12, 1975	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
GEOS 3	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 9, 1975	Ended	NASA Wallops Flight Center
SMS 2	Earth-watching satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Feb 6, 1975	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
LANDSAT 2	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 22, 1975	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ATS 6	Communications satellite	Medium Earth orbit	May 30, 1974	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SMS 1	Earth-watching satellite	Medium Earth orbit	May 17, 1974	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NIMBUS 5	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 11, 1972	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
OAO 3 (COPERNICUS)	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Aug 21, 1972	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
LANDSAT 1 (ERTS 1)	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jul 23, 1972	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NIMBUS 4	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 8, 1970	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SERT 2	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Feb 4, 1970	Ended	NASA Lewis Research Center
ATS 5	Communications satellite	Medium Earth orbit	Aug 12, 1969	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NIMBUS 3	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Apr 14, 1969	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
OAO 2	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Dec 7, 1968	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 40 (INJUN-5)	Not known	Medium Earth orbit	Aug 8, 1968	Ended	NASA Langley Research Center
EXPLORER 38 (RAE-A)	Space telescope	Medium Earth orbit	Jul 4, 1968	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2)	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jan 11, 1968	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ATS 3	Communications satellite	Geostationary	Nov 5, 1967	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ATS 1	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Dec 7, 1966	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NIMBUS 2	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	May 15, 1966	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
OAO 1	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Apr 8, 1966	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 31 (ISIS-X)	Not known	Medium Earth orbit	Nov 29, 1965	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 29 (GEOS 1)	Earth-watching satellite	Medium Earth orbit	Nov 6, 1965	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 27	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Apr 29, 1965	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TIROS 9	Earth-watching satellite	Medium Earth orbit	Jan 22, 1965	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 25 (INJUN-4)	Not known	Medium Earth orbit	Nov 21, 1964	Ended	NASA Langley Research Center
EXPLORER 22	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Oct 10, 1964	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 20	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Aug 25, 1964	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
RELAY 2	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Jan 21, 1964	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TIROS 8	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Dec 21, 1963	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SYNCOM 2 (A 26)	Communications satellite	Inclined geosynchronous	Jul 26, 1963	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SYNCOM 1	Communications satellite	Medium Earth orbit	Feb 14, 1963	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 16	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Dec 16, 1962	Ended	NASA Langley Research Center
RELAY 1 (A-15)	Communications satellite	Highly elliptical orbit	Dec 13, 1962	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TIROS 6	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Sep 18, 1962	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TIROS 5	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jun 19, 1962	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TIROS 4	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Feb 8, 1962	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
TIROS 3	Earth-watching satellite	Low Earth orbit	Jul 12, 1961	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 11	Space telescope	Low Earth orbit	Apr 27, 1961	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
EXPLORER 7	Not known	Low Earth orbit	Oct 13, 1959	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
VANGUARD 3	Not known	Medium Earth orbit	Sep 18, 1959	Ended	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
VANGUARD 2	Earth-watching satellite	Medium Earth orbit	Feb 17, 1959	Ended	NASA Beltsville Space Center