Number of commercial small satellites launched worldwide by operator 2011-2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 21, 2023
From 2011 to 2020, more than 2,000 commercial small satellites have been launched worldwide. The American aerospace company SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, has been the leader operator of small satellites in the past decade with almost 50 percent of the smallsats launched. A small satellite is a satellite of low mass and size, according to the source, usually under 600 kilograms.

Number of commercial small satellites launched worldwide from 2011 to 2020, by leading operators

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August 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2011 to 2020

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only operators with more than five smallsats.

Supplementary notes

According to the source, small satellites are satellites with a weight of 600 kg or less.

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