Countries

Countries to launch [ edit ]

The list includes countries with independent capabilities to launch satellites into orbit, including the production of the necessary launch vehicles. Note: Many more countries have the capability to design and build satellites, but they have to rely on foreign launch services to launch them. Those countries were not considered in this list. Only countries that are capable of launching satellites at their own discretion are listed here according to the first launch date. The list does not include the European Space Agency , a multinational or private entity.

The first country-based artificial satellite launched

Serial No.	Country	Date	Rocket name	Satellite name
1	Soviet Union	October 4, 1956	Sputnik-PS (Rocket)	Sputnik-1
2	United States	February 1, 1956	Juno-1	Explorer-1
3	France	November 26, 1975	Diamond	East.Rix
4	Japan	11 February 1980	Lambda-4S (rocket)	Osumi
5	China	April 24, 1980	Long March-1	Dong Fang Hong-1
6	United Kingdom	October 26, 1971	Black Arrow	Prospero X-3
7	India	July 16, 1970	SLV	Rohini D1
8	Israel	19 September 1986	Shavit	OFEC-1
- [1]	Russia	January 21, 1992	Soyuz-U	Cosmos-2165
- [1]	Ukraine	13 July 1992	Cyclone-3	Strella
9	Iran	February 2, 2009	Safir-1	Omid
10	North Korea	12 December 2012	Unha-3	Kwangmyongjong Unit 2
11	South Korea	January 30, 2013	Naro-1	STSAT-2C
12	Iran	12 November 2018	Electrons	Cubsat

The first attempt to launch [ edit ]

• The United States attempted to launch the first satellite using its own launcher in 1958 and successfully completed one launch in 1956.
• Japan attempted to launch satellites four times in 1968-69 and succeeded in using its own launcher in 1970.
• China attempted to launch its first satellite using its own launcher in 1979 and succeeded in 1980.
• After launching the first national satellite using a foreign launcher in 1975, India tried to launch it using its own launcher in 1979 and succeeded in 1970.
• Iraq claimed in 1969 to launch a warhead into orbit, but this claim was later rejected. ^[30]
• After launching its first national satellite using a foreign launcher in 1975, Brazil made three attempts to launch a satellite using its own launcher VLS1 in 1998, 1999 and 2003, but all attempts failed.
• North Korea claimed to have launched the Kwangmyongjong-1 and Kwangmyeongjong-2 satellites in 1996 and 2009, but US, Russian and other officials and weapons experts later said that if the rockets were sent to orbit, they failed to do so. The United States, Japan, and South Korea believe it was in fact a ballistic missile test, which was claimed after North Korea's 1996 satellite launch and was later rejected. ^[31] The first (April 2012) launch of Kwangmyongjong-3 failed, and it was publicly acknowledged by North Korea. However, in December 2012, the "second version" of Guangmiyongjong-3 was successfully launched, putting North Korea's first confirmed satellite into orbit.
• South Korea ( Korea Aerospace Research Institute ) tried unsuccessfully to launch their own launcher, KSLV (Naro) -1 (built with Russian assistance) in 2009 and 2010 after launching the first national satellite using foreign launchers in 1992. Launched Naro-3 in 2013. Achieved success.
• The first European multinational organization, the ELDO , attempted to launch the Europa 1 and Europa 2 rockets into orbit in 1981-1980 and 1981 , but failed.

Note [ edit ]

• ^ RussiaandUkraine,the Soviet Union was part of the launch of their inherited powers, allowing them to achieve the ability to launch indigenously did. They are also at the top of the list due to the success of the Soviet Union.
• France , the United Kingdom and Ukraine launched their first satellites from foreign space ports using their own launchers.
• Several countries such as South Africa , Spain , Italy , Germany , Canada , Australia , Argentina , Egypt and OTRAG have developed their own launchers, but have not been able to launch them successfully.
• Only the twelve countries listed below (Soviet Union, United States, France, Japan, China, United Kingdom, India, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran and North Korea) and one regional organization ( European Space Agency , ESA) use their own regionally developed launchers. Has launched satellites independently.
• Several other countries, including Brazil , Argentina , Pakistan , Romania , Taiwan , Indonesia , Australia , Malaysia , Turkey and Switzerland , are in various stages of developing their own small-scale launcher capabilities.

To launch private entity [ edit ]

The Orbital Sciences Corporation launched a satellite in 1990 via Pegasus. SpaceX launched a satellite in 2007 using Falcon 1 . Rocket Lab launched three cubesat orbits in 2016 using electrons .