compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 7 February 2018
Summary of listed objects:
Status and Location | Functioning | Defunct | Boosters | Debris | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
orbiting Earth (distant) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 28 |
orbiting the Moon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
orbiting the Sun | 13 | 62 | 115 | 40 | 230 |
orbiting Venus | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
orbiting Mars | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
orbiting (1) Ceres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
orbiting Jupiter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total in orbit | 28 | 80 | 136 | 46 | 290 |
Solar system escape | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
on the Moon | 6 | 34 | 0 | 64 | 104 |
on Mercury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
on Venus | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 28 |
on Mars | 2 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 39 |
on (433) Eros | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
on (25143) Itokawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
on 9P/Tempel 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
in Jupiter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
in Saturn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
on Titan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Total on planets/asteroids/moons | 8 | 60 | 0 | 115 | 183 |
Grand Total | 39 | 142 | 137 | 163 | 481 |
For full listing and sources see Deep space probes and other manmade objects beyond near Earth space.