--- title: "Which country has the highest number of satellites?" description: "Which country has the highest number of satellites?" author: "Sylvester Balchunas" published: 2018-01-20 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33319/which-country-has-the-highest-number-of-satellites category: "science" tags: ["highest number of satellites"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Which country has the highest number of satellites? Which [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15) has the highest number of satellites? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **The maximum number of working satellites in space is of “[United States of America](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39870/who-was-the-first-president-of-the-united-states-of-america)” with a record number of about 830 existing satellites.** ![Which country has the highest number of satellites?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/4efd941b-bda6-4349-93f4-d1877989051b/images/0559ea69-c222-4661-b9c8-388129035c71.jpeg)\ \ Overall, **1,957 registered [satellites](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30955/which-country-launched-beidou-3-satellites-aiming-to-build-its-own-global-positioning-network-with-more-than-30-satellites) of all over the world were considered as active satellite** as per the latest report, however, in that **only 302 have been registered for [Military use](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/335/india-vs-pakistan-military-powers)** all over the world. In this huge competition **India currently ranks at 7th place with 54 working satellites into the orbit.** \ With the **reduced cost of production of satellite and the increase in number of commercial satellites into the [Earth’s](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45358/who-is-the-minister-of-science-technology-earth-science-ministry) Orbit, causing a security threat to the countries** from each other apart from their technical [development](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/292/paint-my-city-campaign) and worldwide reach at a time. As, the presence of **satellites into Earth’s Orbit doesn’t marks any boundary and which becomes a matter of concern for other countries whether they are Developed or [Developing Countries](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32247/recently-which-country-took-the-chair-of-un-group-of-134-developing-countries)**[.](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32247/recently-which-country-took-the-chair-of-un-group-of-134-developing-countries) \ ![Which country has the highest number of satellites?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/4efd941b-bda6-4349-93f4-d1877989051b/images/0bae1e18-bc30-49ef-9c87-9dc18eaa984a.png)\ \ The [Business](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/377/who-is-swami-ramdev-a-yoga-guru-or-a-business-man) of development of satellites is also booming at a rapid pace and the increasing number of private firms offering the latest satellite launch capabilities to the private clients and with the national government as well. This has majorly helped to boost up the satellite technology and reach to less wealthy countries without the space programs of their own. However, the **Satellites owned by private companies has heavily outnumber in a short span of time with those satellite used for the military purposes**. This growth in technology gives a prompt reflection of growing trend of the private sector and becoming majorly involved in boosting the space [technology](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/250/technology-making-us-more-alone). \ The small countries are also getting along in the race of this technology and putting a mark in the space. So, these c**ountries are using the formula of Multinational Cooperation, and this multinational cooperation stands at 4th place in the development of introducing new satellites. These Multinational Cooperation includes jointly 145 satellites into the earth’s orbit.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33319/which-country-has-the-highest-number-of-satellites Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.