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India has 49 satellites in Earth's orbit, four more ready for launch
18/09/2020 10:56 PM | Click to read full article
GISAT-1 Microsat 2-A, GSAT-12R, and RISAT-2BR2 are ready for shipment, which means they are ready to be sent to the spaceport in Sriharikota for launch.
Recent figures indicate that America has over 1300 satellites in earth orbit whereas China and Russia have 363 and 169 respectively. In total, there are over 2600 satellites in orbit.