{
 "id": "smi.connectivity_data",
 "name": "Connectivity and data",
 "published": true,
 "maturity": "early",
 "status": "early",
 "information_only": true,
 "read_time": {
  "utc": "2026-09-30T22:45:00Z",
  "ct": "30 Sep 2026, 5:45 PM CT"
 },
 "data_to": "28 Sep 2026",
 "may_revise": true,
 "row": "Broadband satellites in orbit: Starlink 11,158 · OneWeb 654 · Amazon Leo 392 · Qianfan 257 · Guowang 239",
 "rules_url": "https://smx.space/smi/methodology.json#connectivity_data",
 "update_cadence": "counts at each weekly print; operator figures and ground-station lists monthly",
 "in_orbit_rule": "GCAT payloads (Type starting P) with Status O in satcat.tsv + satcat100k.tsv + auxcat.tsv. In orbit, not a count of operating satellites.",
 "name_rule": "A \"name contains\" test looks at the GCAT Name, PLName and AltNames fields.",
 "broadband": [
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   "smx_id": "cd-starlink",
   "name": "Starlink",
   "operator": "SpaceX",
   "country": "US",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "SPXS"
    ],
    "name_contains": "Starlink",
    "name_fields": [
     "Name",
     "PLName",
     "AltNames"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 11158,
   "catalogued": 13034,
   "reentered": 1868,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-09-28",
   "authorized_ref": "sf-spacex-gen2-50",
   "operator_stated": null,
   "maturity": "standard"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-oneweb",
   "name": "OneWeb",
   "operator": "Eutelsat OneWeb",
   "country": "UK",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "ONEWEB",
     "ONEWEBN",
     "ONEWEBE"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 654,
   "catalogued": 660,
   "reentered": 2,
   "catalogued_through": "2024-10-20",
   "authorized_ref": null,
   "operator_stated": null,
   "maturity": "standard"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-amazon-leo",
   "name": "Amazon Leo",
   "operator": "Amazon (Kuiper Systems LLC)",
   "country": "US",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "KUIP"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 392,
   "catalogued": 398,
   "reentered": 6,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-07-02",
   "authorized_ref": "sf-amazon-leo-gen1-50",
   "operator_stated": null,
   "maturity": "standard"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-qianfan",
   "name": "Qianfan",
   "operator": "Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology",
   "country": "CN",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "YUANX"
    ],
    "name_contains": "Qianfan",
    "name_fields": [
     "Name",
     "PLName",
     "AltNames"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 257,
   "catalogued": 257,
   "reentered": 0,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-09-15",
   "authorized_ref": null,
   "operator_stated": null,
   "maturity": "standard"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-guowang",
   "name": "Guowang",
   "operator": "China Satellite Network Group",
   "country": "CN",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "ZXW"
    ],
    "name_contains": "Xingwang",
    "name_fields": [
     "Name",
     "PLName",
     "AltNames"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 239,
   "catalogued": 240,
   "reentered": 1,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-09-23",
   "authorized_ref": null,
   "operator_stated": null,
   "maturity": "standard"
  }
 ],
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  {
   "smx_id": "cd-eo-planet",
   "name": "Planet",
   "operator": "Planet Labs",
   "country": "US",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "PLAN",
     "PLABS",
     "PLABST",
     "PLANQ"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 134,
   "catalogued": 687,
   "reentered": 529,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-07-07",
   "at_least": true,
   "maturity": "early"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-eo-jilin1",
   "name": "Jilin-1",
   "operator": "Chang Guang Satellite Technology",
   "country": "CN",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner_contains": "CGSTL",
    "name_contains": "Jilin",
    "name_fields": [
     "Name",
     "PLName",
     "AltNames"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 80,
   "catalogued": 160,
   "reentered": 80,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-06-15",
   "at_least": true,
   "maturity": "early"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-eo-iceye",
   "name": "ICEYE",
   "operator": "ICEYE",
   "country": "FI",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "name_contains": "ICEYE",
    "name_fields": [
     "Name",
     "PLName",
     "AltNames"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 53,
   "catalogued": 78,
   "reentered": 23,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-07-07",
   "at_least": true,
   "maturity": "early"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-eo-blacksky",
   "name": "BlackSky",
   "operator": "BlackSky",
   "country": "US",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "BSKG"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 17,
   "catalogued": 23,
   "reentered": 6,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-09-11",
   "at_least": true,
   "maturity": "early"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-eo-capella",
   "name": "Capella",
   "operator": "Capella Space",
   "country": "US",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "CAPSP"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 9,
   "catalogued": 19,
   "reentered": 10,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-03-30",
   "at_least": true,
   "maturity": "early"
  },
  {
   "smx_id": "cd-eo-umbra",
   "name": "Umbra",
   "operator": "Umbra",
   "country": "US",
   "gcat_rule": {
    "owner": [
     "UMBRA"
    ]
   },
   "in_orbit": 5,
   "catalogued": 12,
   "reentered": 7,
   "catalogued_through": "2026-01-11",
   "at_least": true,
   "maturity": "early"
  }
 ],
 "ground_stations": {
  "maturity": "early",
  "networks": [],
  "note": "No count yet",
  "excluded_sources": [
   "AWS Ground Station (site terms)"
  ]
 },
 "downlink": {
  "maturity": "early",
  "value": null,
  "note": "No public figure"
 },
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "GCAT satcat.tsv",
   "url": "https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/tsv/cat/satcat.tsv",
   "sha256": "417ca22e04118e65e613466e7060bda174932249c608206d10854481f348d09e"
  },
  {
   "name": "GCAT satcat100k.tsv",
   "url": "https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/tsv/cat/satcat100k.tsv",
   "sha256": "e774ea2d1906dc774be46866a8f107e92a5706e8b564001d42ed0299b83862c0"
  },
  {
   "name": "GCAT auxcat.tsv",
   "url": "https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/tsv/cat/auxcat.tsv",
   "sha256": "dd510118b54ae14bcf47c2674747e651038837d0726888b1d642caa47b7692fc"
  }
 ],
 "smi_version": "1.0",
 "print_id": "2026-W39.r7",
 "attribution": {
  "citation": "data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat)",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "modified_by": "modified by Space Markets"
 }
}