The US Space Force tasked defense contractor Northrop Grumman with the development of new satellites capable of detecing ...

and how many satellites are in orbit? Good question. Starlink is a satellite internet provider that uses LEO (Low-Earth Orbit) satellites in a massive constellation in order to beam service down ...

A Japanese spacecraft has made a daring approach to a discarded rocket in Earth's orbit. The mission — undertaken by the ...

HELSINKI — China is developing a dependence on space-based space situational awareness as its space activities expand, according to a new report. China’s on-orbit presence has grown ...

The Sun's activity is what gives us beautiful auroras — but it also has dramatic negative effects on satellites that go around Earth in a low orbit. In early November, three tiny Australian ...

In particular, this paper investigates the impact of asymmetric constellations of mixed GEO, Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. The study reveals that BDS ...

Low Earth orbit is densely packed, with bands such as the one for satellite internet service Starlink. The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless ...

27 (UTC), 2024. Credit: Landspace HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace put two satellites into orbit late Tuesday with the first launch of an improved version of the Zhuque-2 rocket.

The Holmes Imager is a cutting-edge technology that powers HEO Inspect, an in-orbit satellite inspection platform designed for non-Earth imaging (NEI) and the precise characterization of space ...