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How many countries have launched their own satellites?

About 70

Background

About 70 countries have launched their own satellites into space. The Soviet Union started in 1957 with Sputnik 1, the very first one. Today over 9,000 active satellites orbit the Earth. SpaceX alone runs more than 5,000 of them through its Starlink network.

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