# Number of satellites launched by decade?

How many satellites were launched each decade?

Including satellites of Mars Moon Venus Sun etc

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Number of satellites launched per decade:

DECADE  SATELLITE_COUNT
------  ---------------
1950                 33
1960               2323
1970               4504
1980               5744
1990               3936
2000               2309
2010               2341


The results are once again from the JSR 2017 report and are based on this query:

--Satellites launched per decade (excluding debris).
select trunc(to_char(launch_date, 'YYYY')/10)*10 decade, count(*) satellite_count
from launch
join satellite
on launch.launch_id = satellite.launch_id
where official_name not like 'deb %'
group by trunc(to_char(launch_date, 'YYYY')/10)*10