Military satellites over conflict areas
On 21 October 2026, the working military satellites of 29 countries were predicted to pass over the places where UCDP recorded fighting this year in 36 countries: 13,182 passes in all. A country's satellites over itself are not counted. Each area's page lists the passes by country, the change on the week before, the clusters ahead and UCDP's record of the fighting.
Passes by area, 21 October 2026
predicted- Iran908
China 556
USA 179
Russia 117470 satellites of 22 countriespasses
UCDP: 3,647 deaths - Pakistan770China 465USA 144Russia 110458 satellites of 22 countriespasses
UCDP: 3,073 deaths - Mali719China 368USA 164Russia 122498 satellites of 23 countriespasses
UCDP: 1,050 deaths - Sudan704China 376USA 171Russia 94482 satellites of 24 countriespasses
UCDP: 3,185 deaths - Colombia575China 309USA 134Russia 78373 satellites of 20 countriespasses
UCDP: 226 deaths - Ukraine574China 240USA 164Russia 115380 satellites of 21 countriespasses
UCDP: 57,464 deaths - Nigeria566China 288USA 139Russia 85415 satellites of 22 countriespasses
UCDP: 3,435 deaths - Myanmar553China 336USA 113Russia 68388 satellites of 18 countriespasses
UCDP: 1,082 deaths - Russian Federation537China 271USA 196
India 12296 satellites of 22 countriespasses
UCDP: 378 deaths - India535China 347USA 96Russia 67356 satellites of 18 countriespasses
UCDP: 132 deaths - Afghanistan515China 321USA 86Russia 68351 satellites of 18 countriespasses
UCDP: 645 deaths - Mexico509China 283USA 116Russia 78347 satellites of 20 countriespasses
UCDP: 36 deaths - Somalia494China 258USA 120Russia 77388 satellites of 19 countriespasses
UCDP: 2,586 deaths - Iraq492China 322USA 78Russia 58337 satellites of 18 countriespasses
UCDP: 222 deaths - Ethiopia419China 221USA 102Russia 56326 satellites of 21 countriespasses
UCDP: 2,401 deaths - Niger410China 225USA 83Russia 65330 satellites of 19 countriespasses
UCDP: 647 deaths - Syria370China 214USA 82Russia 47300 satellites of 20 countriespasses
UCDP: 215 deaths - Central African Republic357China 196USA 88Russia 41287 satellites of 18 countriespasses
UCDP: 71 deaths - Philippines351China 198USA 81Russia 45280 satellites of 17 countriespasses
UCDP: 91 deaths - Democratic Republic of the Congo342China 184USA 91Russia 37238 satellites of 18 countriespasses
UCDP: 713 deaths - Burkina Faso340China 185USA 70Russia 58293 satellites of 18 countriespasses
UCDP: 1,649 deaths - Yemen307China 167USA 67Russia 56261 satellites of 16 countriespasses
UCDP: 1,737 deaths - Indonesia243China 125USA 65Russia 36223 satellites of 16 countriespasses
UCDP: 59 deaths - Kenya197China 84USA 61Russia 30160 satellites of 17 countriespasses
UCDP: 32 deaths - Cameroon195China 104USA 53Russia 25177 satellites of 15 countriespasses
UCDP: 171 deaths - Venezuela172China 96USA 41Russia 19149 satellites of 11 countriespasses
UCDP: 98 deaths - South Sudan160China 78USA 39Russia 27147 satellites of 13 countriespasses
UCDP: 123 deaths - Algeria131China 81USA 30Russia 15118 satellites of 7 countriespasses
UCDP: 25 deaths - Mozambique129China 70USA 30Russia 19124 satellites of 9 countriespasses
UCDP: 149 deaths - Thailand126China 73USA 26Russia 16117 satellites of 11 countriespasses
UCDP: 62 deaths - Palestine116China 63USA 32Russia 13110 satellites of 8 countriespasses
UCDP: 1,037 deaths - Chad92China 43USA 26Russia 1689 satellites of 9 countriespasses
UCDP: 71 deaths - Benin88China 43Russia 19USA 1682 satellites of 11 countriespasses
UCDP: 28 deaths - Haiti78China 41USA 18Russia 876 satellites of 11 countriespasses
UCDP: 151 deaths - Lebanon67China 49USA 9Russia 562 satellites of 6 countries▲ 15%passes
UCDP: 4,367 deaths - Ghana41China 26Russia 7USA 639 satellites of 5 countriespasses
UCDP: 31 deaths
Passes: predicted by overhead24 for each minute of the UTC day from Space-Track.org orbital elements, counting a pass when the point beneath a satellite is in or next to a 0.5° cell where UCDP recorded a death this year. Military satellites and their countries: GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Deaths: best estimates from the UCDP Candidate Events Dataset (CC BY 4.0), 1 January 2026 to 10 September 2026. Hegre, Håvard, Mihai Croicu, Kristine Eck and Stina Högbladh (2020), "Introducing the UCDP Candidate Events Dataset", Research & Politics. UCDP is part of and funded by DEMSCORE, national research infrastructure grant 2021-00162 from the Swedish Research Council. Arrows: the last 7 days against the 7 before, shown only when the change is more than orbit timing gives. See also military satellites by country and the live Watch list.