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India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Of the 4, 852 active artificial satellites orbiting the Earth as of January 1, 2022, 2, 944 belong to the United States. This is by far the largest number of any single country, with their nearest competitor, China, accounting for only 499.
Detailed explanation-2: -Driven by the successes of Soviet Sputnik 1 and American Explorer 1 satellite launches in 1957 and 1958 respectively, China would launch its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1 in April 1970 aboard a Long March 1 rocket making it the fifth nation to place a satellite in orbit.
Detailed explanation-3: -China has launched a new group of satellites Shijian-6 05 for space exploration and new technology tests. China Capital: Beijing; China Currency: Renminbi; China President: Xi Jinping.
Detailed explanation-4: -Launch statistics. Rockets from the Long March family have accumulated a total of 462 launches as of 15 January 2023. Of these, 444 were successful, 11 were failures, and 7 were partial failures. The cumulative success rate is 96.1%.