Payloads in the orbit by country

Country	Year of first launch	First satellite	Payloads in orbit as of Jan 2013[26]
Soviet Union ( Russia)	1957 (1992)	Sputnik 1 (Cosmos 2175)	1457
United States	1958	Explorer 1	1110
China	1970	Dong Fang Hong I	140
Japan	1970	Ōsumi	134
France	1965	Astérix	57
India	1975	Aryabhata	50
Germany	1969	Azur	42
Canada	1962	Alouette 1	34
United Kingdom	1962	Ariel 1	30
Italy	1964	San Marco 1	22
Brazil	1985	Brasilsat A1	13
Australia	1967	WRESAT	12
Indonesia	1976	Palapa A1	12
Saudi Arabia	1985	Arabsat-1A	12
Sweden	1986	Viking	11
Israel	1988	Ofeq 1	11
South Korea	1992	Kitsat A	11
Spain	1974	Intasat	9
Argentina	1990	Lusat	9
Turkey	1994	Turksat 1B	8
Taiwan	1999	ROCSAT-1	8
Mexico	1985	Morelos 1	7
Thailand	1993	Thaicom 1	7
Ukraine	1995	Sich-1	6
Malaysia	1996	MEASAT	6
United Arab Emirates	2000	Thuraya 1	6
Luxembourg	1988	Astra 1A	5
Netherlands	1974	ANS	4
Czechoslovakia	1978	Magion 1	4
Egypt	1998	Nilesat 101	4
Denmark	1999	Ørsted	4
Nigeria	2003	Nigeriasat 1	4
Jersey	2013	O3b-1,-2,-3,-4	4
Pakistan	1990	Badr-1	3
Norway	1997	Thor 2	3
Singapore	1998	ST-1	3
Vietnam	2008	Vinasat-1	3
Philippines	1997	Mabuhay 1	2
Chile	1998	FASat-Bravo	2
South Africa	1999	SUNSAT	2
Greece	2003	Hellas Sat 2	2
Cyprus	2003	Hellas Sat 2	2
Kazakhstan	2006	KazSat 1	2
Mauritius	2007	Rascom-QAF 1	2
Venezuela	2008	Venesat-1	2
Switzerland	2009	SwissCube-1[27]	2
Austria	2013	TUGSAT-1/UniBRITE	2
Bulgaria	1981	Intercosmos Bulgaria 1300	1
Portugal	1993	PoSAT-1	1
Morocco	2001	Maroc-Tubsat	1
Algeria	2002	Alsat 1	1
Iran	2005	Sina-1	1
Colombia	2007	Libertad 1	1
Poland	2012	PW-Sat-1	1
Hungary	2012	MaSat-1 [28]	1[citation needed]
Romania	2012	Goliat [29]	1
North Korea	2012	Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2	1
Azerbaijan	2013	Azerspace [30]	1
Ecuador	2013	NEE-01 Pegaso	1
Estonia	2013	ESTCube-1	1
Belarus	2012	BelKA-2	N/A