Question

List of satellites launched by different countries

Answer 1

Only twelve, countries from the list below (USSR, USA, France, Japan, China, UK, India, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran and North Korea) and one regional organization (the European Space Agency, ESA) have independently launched satellites on their own indigenously developed launch vehicles.

Answer 2

List of satellites launched by different countries

American

AIM

Ariel

Biosatellite

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

Cosmic Background Explorer

Echo

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Glory

Hinode

Infrared Astronomical Satellite

International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory

James Webb Space Telescope

Kepler

Landsat

ROSAT

Seasat

Solar Dynamics Observatory

Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory

Spitzer Space Telescope

Suzaku

Swift

THEMIS

TIROS

Transition Region and Coronal Explorer

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

Canadian

James Webb Space Telescope

MOST

Odin

Chinese

China 1

Dutch

Infrared Astronomical Satellite

French

Odin

German

ROSAT

Indian

Aryabhata

Iranian

Omīd

Japanese

Akari

Hinode

Ōsumi

Shinsei

Suzaku

Yohkoh

North Korean

Kwangmyŏngsŏng

South Korean

Science and Technology Satellite

Russian

Cosmos

International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory

Swedish

Odin

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