program	country	satellite	sat. ID	orbit type	perigee (km)	apogee (km)	incl. °	epoch	launch	defunct
ACE Advanced Composition Explorer	USA-NASA	ACE	1997-045A	L1	--	0.99 AU	0		25 Aug 1997
ACRIMSAT Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor SATellite	USA-NASA	ACRIMSAT	1999-070B	LEO/S	671	713	98.1	2005.03	21 Dec 1999
Akebono	Japan	Akebono	1989-016A	MEO	262	5690	75.1	2005.03	22 Feb 1989
Alouette	Canada	Alouette 1	1962-049A	LEO/I	999	1027	80.4	1962.11	29 Sep 1962	N
		Alouette 2	1965-098A	MEO	502	2985	79.8	1966.01	29 Nov 1965	N
AMPTE Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers	USA, UK, Germany	AMPTE/CCE	1984-088A	HEO	1107	49675	4.8	1984.09	16 Aug 1984	12 Jul 1989 N
		AMPTE/IRM	1984-088B	DHEO	896	113396	27.7	1985.01	16 Aug 1984	14 Aug 1986 N 8 Dec 1987 R
		AMPTE/UKS	1984-088C	DHEO	1127	113291	27.7	1985.02	16 Aug 1984	15 Jan 1985 N 8 Dec 1988 R
Apex	USA	Apex	1994-046A	LEO/I	348	1747	69.9	2008.06	3 Aug 1994
ARGOS Advanced Research Global Observation Satellite	USA-DOD	ARGOS	1999-008A	LEO/S	821	837	99.0	2005.03	23 Feb 1999
Astrid	Sweden, Finland, Germany, USA, Canada	Astrid	1995-002B	LEO/I	961	1023	82.9	2005.03	24 Jan 1995	1 Mar 1995 N
		Astrid 2	1998-072B	LEO/I	973	1012	82.9	2005.03	10 Dec 1998
Bremsat	Germany	Bremsat	1994-006H	LEO/I	344	363	56.9	1994.02	3 Feb 1994	12 Feb 1995 R
CHAMP CHallenging Minisatellite Payload	Germany	CHAMP	2000-039B	LEO/P	358	364	87.2	2005.03	15 Jul 2000
CLUSTER 2	ESA, USA-NASA	CLUSTER 2/FM7 Samba	2000-041A	DHEO	19538	118158	90.9	2005.03	16 Jul 2000
		CLUSTER 2/FM6 Salsa	2000-041B	DHEO	19658	118039	90.9	2005.03	16 Jul 2000
		CLUSTER 2/FM5 Rumba	2000-045A	DHEO	20372	117327	90.7	2005.03	9 Aug 2000
		CLUSTER 2/FM8 Tango	2000-045B	DHEO	19615	118081	90.5	2005.03	9 Aug 2000
C/NOFS	USA-DOD	C/NOFS	2008-017A	LEO/I	406	851	13.0	2008.06	16 Apr 2008
Coriolis	USA-DOD	Coriolis	2003-001A	LEO/S	821	841	98.7	2005.03	6 Jan 2003
CORONAS Complex Orbital Near-Earth Observations of the Solar Activity	Russia	CORONAS-1	1994-014A	LEO/I	501	541	82.5	1994.03	2 Mar 1994	4 Mar 2001 R
		CORONAS-F	2001-032A	LEO/I	352	366	82.5	2005.03	31 Jul 2001
CRRES Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite	USA-DOD/NASA	CRRES	1990-065A	GTO	323	33790	18.3	2005.03	25 Jul 1990	12 Oct 1991 N
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program	USA-DOD	DMSP-F1	1976-091A	LEO/S	793	819	98.9	2008.06	11 Sep 1976	N
		DMSP-F2	1977-044A	LEO/S	772	824	99.2	2008.06	5 Jun 1977	N
		DMSP-F3	1978-042A	LEO/S	774	788	98.5	2008.06	1 May 1978	N
		DMSP-F4	1979-050A	LEO/S	793	810	98.8	2008.06	6 Jun 1979	N
		DMSP-F6	1982-118A	LEO/S	791	803	98.6	2008.06	21 Dec 1982	N
		DMSP-F7	1983-113A	LEO/S	793	811	98.9	2008.06	18 Nov 1983	N
		DMSP-F8	1987-053A	LEO/S	824	842	98.8	2008.06	20 Jun 1987	Jul 1994 N
		DMSP-F9	1988-006A	LEO/S	800	809	98.9	2008.06	3 Feb 1988	Mar 1992 N
		DMSP-F10	1990-105A	LEO/S	717	826	98.2	2008.06	2 Dec 1990	Nov 1997 N
		DMSP-F11	1991-082A	LEO/S	831	849	98.6	2008.02	29 Nov 1991	May 2000 N
		DMSP-F12	1994-057A	LEO/S	834	852	98.7	2008.05	30 Aug 1994	Jul 2002 N
		DMSP-F13	1995-015A	LEO/S	838	847	98.8	2008.05	25 Mar 1995
		DMSP-F14	1997-012A	LEO/S	836	847	98.6	2008.05	4 Apr 1997
		DMSP-F15	1999-067A	LEO/S	831	845	98.5	2008.05	12 Dec 1999
		DMSP-F16	2003-048A	LEO/S	843	853	98.7	2008.06	18 Oct 2003
		DMSP-F17	2006-050A	LEO/S	841	855	98.8	2008.05	4 Nov 2006
Double Star	PRC, ESA	Double Star 1	2003-061A	DHEO	384	79092	27.1	2005.03	29 Dec 2003
		Double Star 2	2004-029A	GTO	394	38519	89.5	2005.03	25 Jul 2004
Dynamics Explorer	USA-NASA	Dynamics Explorer 1	1981-070A	HEO	571	23175	88.9	2005.03	3 Aug 1981	28 Feb 1991 N
		Dyanmics Explorer 2	1981-070B	LEO/P	299	990	89.9	1981.09	3 Aug 1981	19 Feb 1983 R
Equator-S	Germany	Equator-S	1997-075B	HEO	586	67065	6.5	2005.03	2 Dec 1997	1 May 1998 N
FAST Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer	USA-NASA	FAST	1996-049A	MEO	350	3758	83.0	2005.03	21 Aug 1996
FedSat	Australia	FedSat	2002-056B	LEO/S	792	806	98.6	2005.03	14 Dec 2002
Freja	Germany, Sweden	Freja	1992-064A	LEO/I	593	1716	63.0	2005.03	6 Oct 1992
GENESIS	USA-NASA	GENESIS	2001-034A	L1	0.896 AU	0.990 AU	0.3		8 Aug 2001	8 Sep 2004 R
Geotail	Japan, USA	Geotail	1992-044A	CLO	57448	399940	18.0	1994.1	24 Jul 1992	?
GOES Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite	USA-NOAA	GOES-8	1994-022A	GEO/D	36160	36191	1.7	2005.03	13 Apr 1994	D
		GOES-9	1995-025A	GEO/S	35780	35790	1.2	2005.03	23 May 1995	15 Jun 2007 D
		GOES-10	1997-019A	GEO/S	35776	35796	0.2	2005.03	25 Apr 1997
		GOES-11	2000-022A	GEO/S	35769	35812	0.2	2005.03	3 May 2000
		GOES-12	2001-031A	GEO/S	35779	35791	0.2	2005.03	23 Jul 2001
		GOES-13	2006-	GEO/S	35800	35800	0		24 May 2006
GPS Global Positioning Satellites	USA-DOD	Navstar SVN 15	1990-088A	MEO	19951	20410	55.2	2005.03	1 Oct 1990	15 Mar 2007 D
		Navstar SVN 24	1991-047A	MEO	19922	20412	55.3	2005.03	4 Jul 1991
		Navstar SVN 25	1992-009A	MEO	19858	20505	54.3	2005.03	23 Feb 1992
		Navstar SVN 26	1992-039A	MEO	19761	20604	56.5	2005.03	7 Jul 1992
		Navstar SVN 27	1992-058A	MEO	19672	20691	54.6	2005.03	9 Sep 1992
		Navstar SVN 32	1992-079A	MEO	20015	20347	56.3	2005.03	22 Nov 1992
		Navstar SVN 29	1992-089A	MEO	19941	20421	56.3	2005.03	18 Dec 1992
		Navstar SVN 31	1993-017A	MEO	19860	20503	53.6	2005.03	30 Mar 1993
		Navstar SVN 37	1993-032A	MEO	19834	20530	53.7	2005.03	13 May 1993
		Navstar SVN 39	1993-042A	MEO	19749	20615	54.7	2005.03	26 Jun 1993
		Navstar SVN 35	1993-054A	MEO	20029	20333	53.7	2005.03	30 Aug 1993
		Navstar SVN 34	1993-068A	MEO	19993	20368	54.8	2005.03	26 Oct 1993
		Navstar SVN 36	1994-016A	MEO	20009	20354	53.6	2005.03	10 Mar 1994
		Navstar SVN 33	1996-019A	MEO	20009	20356	53.1	2005.03	28 Mar 1996
		Navstar SVN 40	1996-041A	MEO	20011	20352	56.1	2005.03	16 Jul 1996
		Navstar SVN 30	1996-056A	MEO	19976	20389	54.0	2005.03	12 Sep 1996
		Navstar GPS SVN 43	1997-035A	MEO	20124	20241	56.6	2005.03	23 Jul 1997
		Navstar GPS SVN 38	1997-067A	MEO	19942	20424	55.4	2005.03	6 Nov 1997
		Navstar 46/GPS SVN 46	1999-055A	MEO	20076	20288	51.7	2005.03	7 Oct 1999
		Navstar 47/GPS SVN 51	2000-025A	MEO	20124	20242	55.1	2005.03	11 May 2000
		Navstar 48/GPS SVN 44	2000-040A	MEO	19917	20446	55.0	2005.03	16 Jul 2000
		Navstar 49/GPS SVN 41	2000-071A	MEO	20128	20236	56.2	2005.03	10 Nov 2000
		Navstar 50/GPS SVN 54	2001-004A	MEO	20033	20331	55.1	2005.03	30 Jan 2001
		Navstar 51/GPS SVN 56	2003-005A	MEO	20108	20256	55.1	2005.03	29 Jan 2003
		Navstar 52/GPS SVN 45	2003-010A	MEO	19932	20431	54.4	2005.03	31 Mar 2003
		Navstar 53/GPS SVN 47	2003-058A	MEO	20047	20316	54.1	2008.06	21 Dec 2003
		Navstar 54/GPS SVN 59	2004-009A	MEO	20053	20311	54.9	2008.06	20 Mar 2004
		Navstar 55/GPS SVN 60	2004-023A	MEO	20035	20330	55.7	2008.06	23 Jun 2004
		Navstar 56/GPS SVN 61	2004-045A	MEO	19951	20414	54.0	2008.06	6 Nov 2004
		Navstar 57/GPS SVN 53	2005-038A	MEO	20085	20280	55.0	2008.06	26 Sep 2005
		Navstar 58/GPS SVN 52	2006-042A	MEO	20000	20366	55.5	2008.06	25 Sep 2006
		Navstar 59/GPS SVN 58	2006-052A	MEO	20086	20276	55.2	2008.06	17 Nov 2006
		Navstar 60/GPS SVN 55	2007-047A	MEO	20159	20205	54.9	2008.06	17 Oct 2007
		Navstar 61/GPS SVN 57	2007-062A	MEO	20076	20288	55.0	2008.06	20 Dec 2007
		Navstar 62/GPS SVN 48	2008-012A	MEO	20138	20226	55.2	2008.06	15 Mar 2008
GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment	USA-NASA	GRACE-1	2002-012A	LEO/P	457	484	89.0	2005.03	17 Mar 2002
		GRACE-2	2002-012B	LEO/P	457	485	89.0	2005.03	17 Mar 2002
Granat	USSR, France	Granat	1989-096A	DHEO	1813	201796	53.2	1990.01	1 Dec 1989	25 May 1999 R
GSAT Indian Geostationary Satellite	India	GSAT-2	2003-018A	GEO/S	35772	35800	0.1	2005.03	8 May 2003
Hinotori	Japan	Hinotori	1981-017A	LEO/I	571	635	31.3	1981.03	21 Feb 1981	7 Nov 1991 R
IMAGE Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration	USA-NASA	IMAGE	2000-017A	HEO	1445	45426	89.8	2005.03	25 Mar 2000	18 Dec 2005 N
IMP Interplanetary Monitoring Platform	USA-NASA	IMP-6	1971-019A	DHEO	242	196574	28.7	1971.03	13 Mar 1971	2 Oct 1974 R
		IMP-8	1973-078A	DHEO	190747	244358	31.6	1998.06	26 Oct 1973	N
Interbol	Russia, France	Interbol-1	1995-039A	DHEO	1443	191214	63.2	1995.09	2 Aug 1995	16 Oct 2000 R
		Interbol S2-X	1995-039F	DHEO	14777	178121	71.3	1996.1	2 Aug 1995	16 Oct 2000 R
		Interbol S2-A	1996-050B	HEO	1634	18339	63.8	2005.03	29 Aug 1996
		Interbol Auroral Probe	1996-050C	HEO	776	19205	62.8	1996.09	29 Aug 1996
ISS International Space Station	USA, Russia	ISS	1998-067A	LEO/I	353	358	51.6	2005.03	20 Nov 1998
KOMPSAT Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite	Rep. of Korea	KOMPSAT-1	1999-070A	LEO/S	668	680	98.0	2005.03	21 Dec 1999
Magsat	USA	Magsat	1979-094A	LEO/S	347	541	96.7	1979.11	30 Oct 1979	6 Oct 1980 R
Munin	Sweden	Munin	2000-075C	LEO/S	699	1796	95.4	2005.03	21 Nov 2000
NOAA-POES NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites	USA-NOAA	NOAA-11	1988-089A	LEO/S	835	851	98.8	2005.03	24 Sep 1988
		NOAA-12	1991-032A	LEO/S	797	816	98.7	2005.03	15 May 1991
		NOAA-13	1993-050A	LEO/S	845	859	99.0	2005.03	9 Aug 1993	9 Aug 1993 F
		NOAA-14	1994-089A	LEO/S	841	853	99.1	2005.03	30 Dec 1994
		NOAA-15	1998-030A	LEO/S	803	817	98.5	2005.03	13 May 1998
		NOAA-L	2000-055A	LEO/S	844	859	99.0	2005.03	21 Sep 2000
		NOAA-M	2002-032A	LEO/S	805	821	98.7	2005.03	24 Jun 2002
Oersted	Denmark, France, USA-NASA	Oersted	1999-008B	LEO/S	637	844	96.4	2005.03	23 Feb 1999
POGS Polar Orbiting Geomagnetic Survey	USA-DOD	POGS	1990-031A	LEO/P	627	745	89.8	1997.11	11 Apr 1990
		TEX	1990-031B	LEO/P	627	742	89.8	1997.11	11 Apr 1990
		SCE	1990-031C	LEO/P	627	741	89.8	1997.11	11 Apr 1990
Polar	USA-NASA	Polar	1996-013A	HEO	4329	53632	83.7	2005.03	24 Feb 1996
RHESSI Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager	USA-NASA	RHESSI	2002-004A	LEO/I	554	578	38.0	2005.03	5 Feb 2002
ROCSAT Republic Of China SATellite	Rep. of China	ROCSAT-1	1999-002A	LEO/I	549	597	35.0	2005.03	27 Jan 1999
		ROCSAT-2	2004-018A	LEO/S	890	892	99.1	2005.03	20 May 2004
SAC Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas	Argentina	SAC-B/HETE	1996-061B	LEO/I	488	554	37.9	1996.12	4 Nov 1996	7 Apr 2002 R
		SAC-A	1998-069B	LEO/I	378	396	51.5	1999.01	14 Dec 1998	25 Oct 1999 R
		CBERS 1	1999-057A	LEO/S	771	782	98.3	2005.03	14 Oct 1999
		SACI 1	1999-057B	LEO/S	720	733	98.5	2005.03	14 Oct 1999
		SAC-C	2000-075B	LEO/S	700	704	98.1	2005.03	21 Nov 2000
SAMPEX Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer	USA-NASA	SAMPEX	1992-038A	LEO/I	435	513	81.6	2005.03	4 Jul 1992
Shijian	PRC	Shijian 4	1994-010A	HEO	184	24324	28.5	2005.03	8 Feb 1994
		Shijian 5	1999-025B	LEO/S	841	866	98.6	2005.03	10 May 1999
		Shijian 6A	2004-035A	LEO/S	591	603	97.7	2005.03	8 Sep 2004
		Shijian 6B	2004-035B	LEO/S	527	637	97.6	2005.03	8 Sep 2004
SMART-1 Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology	ESA	SMART-1	2003-043C	HEO	4741	40535	6.9	2003.11	27 Sep 2003
SNOE Student Nitric Oxide Explorer	USA-NASA	SNOE	1998-012A	LEO/S	535	578	97.7	1998.03	26 Feb 1998	13 Dec 2003 R
SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory	USA-NASA, ESA	SOHO	1995-065A	L1	0.99 AU	1.0 AU	0		2 Dec 1995
SORCE Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment	USA-NASA	SORCE	2003-044A	LEO/I	605	644	40.0	2005.03	25 Jan 2003
STEREO Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory	USA-NASA	STEREO A	2006-047A	solar	0.95 AU	0.97 AU	0.12	2008.05	26 Oct 2006
		STEREO B	2006-047B	solar	0.99 AU	0.99 AU	0.03	2008.05	26 Oct 2006
Tatiana	Russia	Tatiana	2005-002C	LEO/I	911	968	83.0	2005.03	20 Jan 2005
TERRIERS Tomographic Experiment using Radiative Recombinative Ionosphere EUV and Radio Sources	USA-NASA	TERRIERS	1999-026A	LEO/S	494	505	97.4	2005.03	18 May 1999	N
THEMIS Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms	USA-NASA	THEMIS A	2007-004A	HEO	3044	62251	10.3	2008.06	17 Feb 2007
		THEMIS B	2007-004B	HEO	3716	193563	10.7	2008.06	17 Feb 2007
		THEMIS C	2007-004C	HEO	2624	116623	1.6	2008.06	17 Feb 2007
		THEMIS D	2007-004D	HEO	3965	67604	5.0	2008.06	17 Feb 2007
		THEMIS E	2007-004E	HEO	3956	67613	5.6	2008.06	17 Feb 2007
TIMED Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics	USA-NASA	TIMED	2001-055B	LEO/I	616	617	74.1	2008.06	7 Dec 2001
TRACE Transition Region and Coronoal Explorer	USA-NASA	TRACE	1998-020A	LEO/S	557	591	97.8	2005.03	2 Apr 1998
UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite	USA-NASA	UARS	1991-063B	LEO/I	550	560	57.0	2005.03	12 Sep 1991
Ulysses	ESA, USA-NASA	Ulysses	1990-090B	solar	1.341 AU	5.408 AU	79.1	1992.02	6 Oct 1990	Jun 2008 N
Wind	USA-NASA	Wind	1994-071A	L1	0.992 AU	1.028 AU	0.0		1 Nov 1994
Yohkoh	Japan	Yohkoh	1991-062A	LEO/I	359	397	31.3	2005.03	30 Aug 1991	?

Notes:

• Country is the operating country; for USA spacecraft, operating agency is also given.
• Orbit type uses the designations of Jonathan McDowell which are as follows:
  • LEO/I--low Earth orbit, intermediate inclination
  • LEO/P--low Earth orbit, polar inclination
  • LEO/S--low Earth orbit, Sun-synchronous
  • MEO--medium Earth orbit
  • HEO--highly elliptical orbit
  • GTO--geosynchronous transfer orbit
  • GEO/S--geosynchronous Earth orbit, stationary
  • GEO/D--geosynchronous Earth orbit, drift
  • DSO--deep space orbit
  • DHEO--deep eccentric orbit
  • CLO--cislunar orbit
  • L1--Lagrange L1 position, Sun-Earth orbit
  • solar--solar orbit
• Apogee and perigee are altitudes in km above the Earth's surface; for solar orbits, perihelion and aphelion are given in astronomical units (AU).
• Inclination in degrees with respect to Earth's equator; for solar orbits, inclination is with respect to the ecliptic.
• Epoch is the year and month of the orbital elements given.
• Launch date is GMT.
• Defunct gives date satellite became nonfunctional (N) or reentered (R); date with "N/R" is date nonfunctional, which preceded reentry date.

Orbital data is compiled from the following sources:

• NSSDC
• Heavens-Above.com
• Jonathan's Space Home Page
• Encyclopedia Astronautica

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