Of the 6,854 spacracfts launched from 1957 to 2009:

1,899	are communications satellites (1,050 civilian and 778 military)	27.5 %  of the total
1,215	are surveillance (spy) satellites (using camera or radar)	19 %
591	are other kind of military observation satellites	9 %
539	are piloted spaceships (manned and unmanned)	8 %
416	are meteo and Earth-remote sensing satellites	6 %
393	are military navigation satellites	6 %
355	are Earth/space science satellites	5 %
333	are space probes and astronomy/solar observatories.	5 %

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(See Table 8 - Civilian Families Statistic and Table 9 - Military Families Statistics.)
 

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