This information is from the Satellite Situation Report from Goddard Space Flight Center, dated September, 1997.
The Satellite Situation Report is a listing of those satellites (objects) currently in orbit and those which have previously orbited the Earth. Some objects are too small or too far from the Earth's surface to be detected; therefore, the Satellite Situation Report does not include all manmade objects orbiting the Earth.
| Objects in Orbit | Decayed Objects | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source/Organization | Payload | Debris | Total | Payload | Debris | Total |
| Argentina | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arab Sat. Comm. Org. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AsiaSat Corp. | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brazil | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ESA | 25 | 190 | 215 | 4 | 477 | 481 |
| Euro. Space Res. Org. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Euro. Telec. Sat. Org. | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| France/Fed. Rep. Ger. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 29 | 16 | 45 | 7 | 59 | 66 |
| Federal Republic Ger. | 14 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Int. Marit. Sat. Org. | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 16 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Israel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Italy | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Int. Telec. Sat. Org. | 53 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 62 | 57 | 119 | 11 | 84 | 95 |
| Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North At. Treaty Org. | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Parkistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poeples Rep. of China | 21 | 100 | 121 | 26 | 88 | 114 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| United States | 714 | 3304 | 4018 | 679 | 3184 | 3863 |
| Russia/USSR | 1361 | 2536 | 3897 | 1684 | 9913 | 11597 |
| Totals | 2465 | 6216 | 8681 | 2457 | 13834 | 16291 |
| Grand Total | 24972 | |||||
