U.S. and Chinese satellites routinely spy on each other in orbit, rehearsing for more aggressive operations in the event of ...

The space around Earth has become increasingly cluttered with decades of accumulated debris left over from rocket launches, ...

One or more units will then move to lower orbits. NASA aims to test how DiskSats perform in very low Earth orbit, below 186 ...

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters ...

SpaceX claims that a Chinese Kinetica 1 rocket launch from Tuesday, Dec. 9 passed within 200 meters of one of its Starlink ...

As of August 2024, there were reportedly more than 700 unidentified objects in the Space-Track catalogue maintained by the ...

Satellite streaks could spoil about one in three Hubble images, even when the telescope stays above Earth's weather.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Some Earth-orbiting satellites will be able to keep in touch longer with controllers on the planet’s surface thanks to computer programs that mimic Darwin’s evolutionary model ...

In the vast expanse of our universe, the next frontier in space exploration is not as far away as you might think. Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites, operating at altitudes between 60 to 250 ...

A boom in satellites is brightening the night sky and hindering astronomers’ ability to study distant galaxies, sharpening concerns over who controls access to space. Planned spacecraft launches are ...

Satellites have come a long way in the last couple years, and what you learned about them in school is likely far different ...

A constellation of companies designed to launch and service the massive amount of new satellites in space are at the core of a booming space sector. By the numbers, the space industry is, effectively, ...