Germany vs Spain: Annual number of objects launched into space

Germany
20 objects
in 2025
Spain
17 objects
in 2025
Germany rank
8th
Spain rank
10th

Annual number of objects launched into space over time

  • Germany
  • Spain
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 20 objects against 17 objects in Spain, a difference of 3 objects.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 8th and Spain ranks 10th of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual number of objects launched into space
Unit
objects
Source
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
52 places, 979 data points, 1957–2025
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Annual number of satellites, probes, landers, crewed spacecrafts, and space station flight elements, launched into Earth orbit or beyond.