How many countries have satellite networks?

Eighty countries have operated artificial satellites.

Country	Satellite	Operator	Date (UTC)
Soviet Union	Sputnik 1	OKB-1	4-Oct-57
United States	Explorer 1	ABMA	1-Feb-58
United Kingdom	Ariel 1	RAE	26-Apr-62
Canada	Alouette 1	DRDC	29-Sep-62
Italy	San Marco 1	CNR	15-Dec-64
France	Astérix	CNES	26-Nov-65
Australia	WRESAT	WRE	29-Nov-67
West Germany	Azur	DLR	8-Nov-69
Japan	Ohsumi	ISAS	11-Feb-70
People's Republic of China	Dongfanghong I	CAST	24-Apr-70
Netherlands	ANS	SRON / NASA	30-Aug-74
Spain	Intasat	INTA	15-Nov-74
India	Aryabhata	ISRO	19-Apr-75
Indonesia	Palapa A1	Perumtel	8-Jul-76
Czechoslovakia	Magion 1		24-Oct-78
Bulgaria	Bulgaria 1300	BSA	7-Aug-81
Saudi Arabia	Arabsat-1A	Arabsat	8-Feb-85
Brazil	Brasilsat A1	Embratel
Mexico	Morelos 1	SCT	17-Jun-85
Sweden	Viking	SSC	22-Feb-86
Israel	Ofek-1		19-Sep-88
Luxembourg	Astra 1A	SES Astra	11-Dec-88
Argentina	Lusat	AMSAT Argentina	22-Jan-90
Hong Kong	AsiaSat 1	AsiaSat	7-Apr-90
Pakistan	Badr-1	SUPARCO	16-Jul-90
Russia	Kosmos 2175		21-Jan-92
South Korea	Kitsat-1	KAIST	10-Aug-92
Portugal	PoSAT-1	PoSAT	26-Sep-93
Thailand	Thaicom-1	Shin Satellite	18-Dec-93
Turkey	Turksat 1B	Türksat	10-Aug-94
Czech Republic	Magion 4		2-Aug-95
Ukraine	Sich-1		31-Aug-95
Chile	FASat-Alfa
Malaysia	MEASAT-1	MEASAT	13-Jan-96
Norway	Thor 2	Telenor	20-May-97
Philippines	Mabuhay (Agila 1)	Mabuhay	20-Mar-87
	(former Palapa B2P)
	Mabuhay 1 (Agila 2)		19-Aug-97
Egypt	Nilesat 101	Nilesat	28-Apr-98
Singapore	ST-1	SingTel	25-Aug-98
Taiwan		Chunghwa
Taiwan	Formosat-1	NSPO	27-Jan-99
South Africa	SUNSAT	Stellenbosch	23-Feb-99
Denmark	Ørsted
Georgia	Reflektor	Energia-GPI Space	17-Jul-99
United Arab Emirates	Thuraya 1	Thuraya	21-Oct-00
Belgium	PROBA-1	ESA	22-Oct-01
Morocco	Maroc-Tubsat		10-Dec-01
Tonga	Esiafi 1	TONGASAT	21-Feb-81
	(formerly Comstar D4)
Algeria	AlSAT-1		28-Nov-02
Greece	Hellas-Sat 2	Hellas-Sat	13-May-03
Nigeria	NigeriaSat-1		27-Sep-03
Iran	Sina-1		27-Oct-05
Kazakhstan	KazSat-1		17-Jun-06
Colombia	Libertad-1		17-Apr-07
Mauritius	Rascom-QAF 1	Rascom	21-Dec-07
Vietnam	Vinasat-1	Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group	18-Apr-08
Venezuela	Venesat-1		29-Oct-08
France	Eutelsat 48D / Afghansat 1	Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and Information	20-Dec-08
Afghanistan
Switzerland	SwissCube-1		23-Sep-09
Singapore	X-Sat		20-Apr-11
Isle of Man	ViaSat-1	ViaSat-IOM, ManSat, Telesat-IOM	19-Oct-11
Hungary	MaSat-1		13-Feb-12
Poland	PW-Sat	Warsaw University of Technology, Space Research Centre
Romania	Goliat
Belarus	BelKA-2		22-Jul-12
North Korea	Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2	KCST	12-Dec-12
Azerbaijan	Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a		7-Feb-13
Austria	TUGSAT-1/UniBRITE		25-Feb-13
Bermuda	Bermudasat 1	Bermudasat	14-Jul-00
	(former EchoStar VI)
Ecuador	NEE-01 Pegaso	EXA	26-Apr-13
Estonia	ESTCube-1		7-May-13
Jersey	O3b-1/O3b-2/O3b-3/O3b-4	O3b Networks	25-Jun-13
France	Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1	Eutelsat	29-Aug-13
Qatar		Es'hailSat
Qatar	Es'hail 1	Es'hailSat	29-Aug-13
Peru	PUCP-Sat 1		21-Nov-13
	Pocket-PUCP
Bolivia	Túpac Katari 1		20-Dec-13
Lithuania	LitSat-1/Lituanica SAT-1		9-Jan-14
Iraq	Tigrisat	MOST / La Sapienza	19-Jun-14
Uruguay	ANTELSAT	ANTEL
Turkmenistan	TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT	TNSA	27-Apr-15
Laos	Laosat-1	Laos National Authority for Science and Technology	20-Nov-15
Finland	Aalto-2	Aalto University	18-Apr-17
Bangladesh	BRAC ONNESHA	BRACU	3-Jun-17
Ghana	GhanaSat-1	All Nations University
Mongolia	Mazaalai (satellite)	National University of Mongolia
Latvia	Venta 1	Ventspils University College	23-Jun-17
Slovakia	skCUBE	SOSA
Angola	AngoSat 1	AngoSat	26-Dec-17
New Zealand	Humanity Star	Rocket Lab	21-Jan-18
Costa Rica	Proyecto Irazú	Costa Rica Institute of Technology	2-Apr-18
Kenya	1KUNS-PF	University of Nairobi
Bhutan	Bhutan 1	Bhutanese students under Kyutech-led second Joint Global Multination Birds Project (Birds-2)	29-Jun-18
Jordan	JY1-SAT	Jordanian students under the Crown Prince Foundation	3-Dec-18
Nepal	NepaliSat-1	NASA for Nepal Academy of Science and Technology	17-Apr-19
Sri Lanka	Raavana 1	Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies
Rwanda	RWASAT-1	Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority	24-Sep-19
Sudan	Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (SRSS-1)	Sudan	3-Nov-19
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (ETRSS-1)	Ethiopia	20-Dec-19
Guatemala	Quetzal-1	Universidad del Valle de Guatemala	7-Mar-20
Slovenia	TRISAT	University of Maribor	3-Sep-20
	NEMO-HD	Space-SI
Monaco	OSM-1 Cicero	Orbital Solutions Monaco
Paraguay	GuaraniSat-1	Paraguayan Space Agency and Kyutech-led fourth Joint Global Multination Birds Project	20-Feb-21
Myanmar	Lawkanat-1	Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University
Tunisia	Challenge-1	Telnet Tunisie	22-Mar-21
Kuwait	QMR-KWT	Orbital Space Kuwait	30-Jun-21
Bahrain	Light-1	New York University Abu Dhabi	21-Dec-21
United Arab Emirates
Armenia	ARMSAT_1	Satlantis / Geocosmos	25-May-22
Spain
Moldova	TUMnanoSAT	Technical University of Moldova	15-Jul-22