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Brazil satellite launch

Brazil has successfully launched a satellite earlier this year. Should it be added to the launch-capable countries? ^[1] ^[2]

SGDC was launched by an European rocket. fgnievinski (talk) 04:33, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Free speech satellites

Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship, BBC, 30 December 2011. Something interesting to put under private satellite section? CarolMooreDC 18:29, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In dhivehi 69.94.33.59 (talk) 17:23, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Arab sat question, and citations for dates

What is the proper country attribution for the Arab Sat satellites? I'm referring to this string of edits, all of which are in good faith (there was a typo earlier that's been corrected), but I'm not sure if the 1985 launch, or the 2000 launch should be listed.

In a related note, there needs to be a lot better attribution with cites for all of these dates. Dates like this are often targets of vandals making subtle changes, and adding in citations is the best way to combat that. Obviously people adding in specific dates have some source they're reading from. Shadowjams (talk) 22:22, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Arabsat is a Saudi Arabian company; it does have a multinational element (as do several other similar companies), however it is primarily Saudi Arabian, and its satellites are considered Saudi Arabian. --W. D. Graham 11:27, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Radio waves used

Is there a section in the article about what type of radio waves are used for satellites?--Wyn.junior (talk) 00:22, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reference question

Can this be used as a reference?--Wyn.junior (talk) 01:54, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Remove Kenya 1st satellite entry. Incorrectly listed as Scout B S175C in 1970.

Please see Talk:Timeline_of_first_artificial_satellites_by_country for full motivation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arnobarnard (talk • contribs) 08:07, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Operational Satellites

A credible web site says there are about 2,666 operational satellites orbiting Earth. This article says 1,900. Who's right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.124.210 (talk) 19:07, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics

Payloads (satellites, dispensers, capsules) launched by year

Payloads by year
Year	Payloads
2020	1,261
2019	522
2018	570
2017	444
2016	222
2015	236
2014	258
2013	207
2012	132
2011	131
2010	122
2009	129
2008	108
2007	117
2006	98
2005	75
2004	72
2003	90
2002	96
2001	92
2000	123
1999	130
1998	163
1997	158
1996	104
1995	107
1994	127
1993	112
1992	132
1991	141
1990	168
1989	137
1988	143
1987	138
1986	135
1985	167
1984	166
1983	161
1982	144
1981	158
1980	130
1979	123
1978	164
1977	137
1976	158
1975	154
1974	126
1973	136
1972	129
1971	153
1970	131
1969	136
1968	139
1967	156
1966	141
1965	160
1964	107
1963	74
1962	79
1961	39
1960	20
1959	14
1958	8
1957	2
1956	0

Payloads in orbit by year end
Year	Active satellites	Inactive satellites	Rocket bodies
2020	3,368	2,987	1,891
2019	2,298	2,899	1,872
2018	2,043	2,782	1,844
2017	1,787	2,720	1,783
2016	1,465	2,647	1,752
2015	1,363	2,598	1,719
2014	1,260	2,557	1,682

Sources:

See also - https://planet4589.org/space/stats/figs/satannual.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barecode (talk • contribs) 22:54, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Largest amount of satellites launched on a single rocket:

143 satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket, 24 January 2021 - mission Transporter-1
108 satellites on a Antares 230 rocket, on 17 November 2018 - mission Cygnus NG-10
104 satellites on a PSLV rocket, on 15 February 2017 - mission PSLV-C37
37 satellites on a Dnepr rocket, 19 June 2014
33 satellites on a Antares 120 rocket, 9 January 2014 - mission Cygnus CRS Orb-1
32 satellites on a Dnepr rocket, 21 November 2013
31 satellites on a Minotaur I rocket, 20 November 2013
14 satellites on a Dnepr rocket, 17 April 2007
10 satellites on a Space Shuttle rocket, 3 February 1994, mission STS-60
6 satellites on a Thorad-SLV2G-Agena-D, 30 september 1969
9 satellites on a Thor SLV-2 Agena D, 31 May 1967
8 satellites on a Thor SLV-2 Agena D, 9 March 1965
5 satellites on a Thor Ablestar, 24 January 1962
3 satellites on a Thor Ablestar, 29 June 1961
2 satellites on a Thor Ablestar, 22 June 1960

Honorable mentions:

Long March 8 - 22 satellites, 27 February 2022

Failed deployments:

110 satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket, on 18 April 2014, mission SpaceX CRS-3 - 6 cubesats, one of them containing 104 chipsats which failed to deploy
18 satellites on a Dnepr rocket, 26 July 2006

Largest number of identical satellites launched:

103 Chipsat satellites on a Antares 230 rocket, on 17 November 2018 - mission Cygnus NG-10 - satellites deployed from a KickSat on 18 March 2019
88 Planet Lab satellites on a PSLV rocket, on 15 February 2017 - mission PSLV-C37
60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket in 24 May 2019
12 Orbcomm satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket in 22 December 2015

Max and min satellites launched in a single year:

2020 - 1,261
2018 - 570
2019 - 522

..

2001 - 92
2005 - 75
2004 - 72

Satellites by country

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database 4,550 satellites at Sep 1, 2021

USA - 2,805
China - 467
UK - 349
Russia - 168
Japan - 91
India - 61
Canada - 57
Germany - 47
France - 31

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Contradiction within the first two sentences

"In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been intentionally placed into orbit. These objects are called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as Earth's Moon."

These two sentences contradict each other, or at least semantically very much not clear what satellite is, only artificially orbited objects are satellites or what. 91.82.182.182 (talk) 22:05, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"In the context of spaceflight" part removes the contradiction. In the context of spaceflight, the term "satellite" is synonymous with "artificial satellite," and need not have the "artificial" qualifier. --OuroborosCobra (talk) 23:06, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Then I propose the opening sentence to be a generic definition, not specific use cases. 91.82.182.182 (talk) 13:46, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

OTOH the Satellite disambiguation starts with "A satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit, such as:" so I don't even know anymore. It's murky, and needs some rewording for sure, but I don't know how. 91.82.182.182 (talk) 13:47, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Overhaul

CactiStaccingCrane carried out a page overhaul: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Satellite&diff=1100301620&oldid=1098922467 I'm noting this here in case anyone else is trying to fix broken links and redirects or looking for missing content. fgnievinski (talk) 04:56, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What natural and artificial satellite

What are natural and artificial satellite 2406:B400:B1:37E9:40CF:A35B:66B7:1B4D (talk) 12:38, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.brazilgovnews.gov.br/news/2017/05/brazil-launches-satellite-that-will-democratise-broadband-access

[2] ttps://www.telecompaper.com/news/brazil-launches-sgdc-satellite--1194800

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