The Union of Concerned Scientists Satellite Database

The UCS Satellite Database is a listing of operational satellites currently in orbit around the Earth. It is available as a downloadable Excel file, which is updated roughly quarterly. Our intent in producing the database is to create a research tool for specialists and non-specialists alike by collecting open-source information on operational satellites and presenting it in a format that can be easily manipulated for research and analysis. The database includes basic information about more than 800 satellites and their orbits, but does not contain the detailed information necessary to locate individual satellites.

The UCS Satellite Database is the only free, comprehensive compilation of active satellites in an easy to manipulate, commonly-used database format.

Users can find information about a particular satellite; identify sets of satellites having a common characteristic, such as altitude or mission; and sort or aggregate data about the whole population of satellites. Users can quickly answer questions such as

• How many satellites does a given country have in orbit, and what are they used for?
• How many satellites are used for military purposes versus commercial purposes?
• Which countries have earth-observing satellites?
• At what altitudes do most satellites orbit?
  

The database contains 21 types of data for each satellite, including technical information about each satellite (mass, power, launch date, expected lifetime) and its orbit (apogee, perigee, inclination, and period), as well as what the satellite is used for, and who owns, operates, and built the satellite.

Webpage and download the .xls file: http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/space_weapons/satellite_database.html

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org/)

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner