Space and the Theater Commander's War - Statistical Data Included

Joint Force Quarterly, Winter, 2000 by Thomas A. Doyne

Who's Who in Orbit (2001)

Launcher/operator                         Payloads

Arab Satellite Communications
  Organization                                   7
Argentina                                        5
Asia Satellite Telecom Company
  (Hong Kong)                                    3
Australia                                        7
Brazil                                          10
Canada                                          17
Chile                                            1
China                                           33
China/Brazil                                     1
Czech Republic                                   4
Denmark                                          1
Egypt                                            2
European Space Agency                           29
European Telecom Satellite
  Organization                                  19
France                                          31
France/Germany                                   2
Germany                                         18
Globalstar (San Jose, California                52
India                                           21
Indonesia                                        9
International Maritime Organization              9
International Space Station                      1
International Telecommunications
  Satellite Organization                        56
Iridium Satellite LLC (Tempe, Arizona)          85
Israel                                           3
Italy                                           12
Japan                                           67
Luxembourg                                      11
Malaysia                                         3
Mexico                                           6
North Atlantic Treaty Organization               8
Norway                                           3
Orbcomm LLC (D                                  35
Philippines                                      2
Portugal                                         1
Russia                                       1,329
Saudi Arabia                                     2
Sea Launch Company
  (Long Beach, California)                       1
Singapore/Taiwan                                 1
South Africa                                     1
South Korea                                      7
Spain                                            6
Sweden                                          10
Taiwan                                           1
Thailand                                         4
Turkey                                           4
United Arab Emirates                             1
United Kingdom                                  21
United States                                  766
Total                                        2,729

Source: Air Force Magazine (Space Almanac).

NOTE

(1) Joe Strange, Centers of Gravity and Critical Vulnerabilities: Building on the Clausewitzian Foundation So That We Can All Speak the Same Language, 2d Edition (Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps University, 1996), p. 3.