This table presnts the status of the major commercial constellations. Public systems for navigation (GPS, Galileo…) or EO are not presented here.
| Project (Company) | Live | Hype index | Satellites in operations/Planned | Country | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starlink (SpaceX) | YES | ***** | 6000+/12000 to 42000 | USA | Broadband | |
| Kuiper (Amazon) | NO (2025) | ** | 0/3256 | USA | Broadband | |
| Lightspeed (Telesat) | NO | ** | 2/1600 | Canada | Broadband | |
| Swarm Technologies | YES (discontinued) | *** | 120/150 | USA | IoT | |
| OneWEB | YES | **** | 650 | UK | Broadband | |
| Kepler | PARTIAL | ** | 15/140 | Canada | Broadband | |
| Iridium | YES | *** | 66/66 | USA | Voice, M2M, Broadband, AIS, ADS-B | |
| Orbcomm | YES | *** | 36/36 | USA | M2M, AIS | |
| Spire | YES | **** | 150/? | USA | AIS, ADS-B | |
| Planet | YES | **** | 475/? | USA | EO | |
| Head | YES | ** | 5/48 | China | EO, IoT | |
| Fleet | PARTIAL | ** | 5/100 | Australia | IoT | |
| Kineis | YES | ** | 0/25 | France | IoT | |
| Astrocast | PARTIAL | *** | 4/100 | Switzezrland | IoT | |
| Lacuna | PARTIAL | ** | 5/240 | Netherlands | IoT | |
| Lynk | PARTIAL | ** | 0/10 | USA | 5G | |
| Sateliot | PARTIAL | ** | 0/100 | Spain | 5G | |
| Spacemobile (AST Science) | PARTIAL | *** | 1/243 | USA | 5G | |
| Globalstar | YES | *** | 48/48 | USA | Voice, M2M | |
| Hiber | Discontinued | ** | 4/48 | Netherlands | IoT | |
| OQ Technology | PARTIAL | ** | 1/60 | Luxemburg | 5G | |
| O3B (SES) | YES | ** | 20/20 | Luxemburg | Broadband | |
| Xona | NO | ** | 0/300 | USA | GNSS | |
| ConstellR | NO | ** | 0/30 | Germany | Thermal IR | |
| Rivada | NO | ** | 0/250 | Germany | Broadband | |
| EarthDailyAnalytics | NO | ** | 0/20 | USA | EO |