Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after ...
Low Earth orbit is no longer a quiet frontier. With thousands of commercial spacecraft circling just a few hundred kilometers ...
With satellites and space junk increasingly cluttering our planet’s low Earth orbit, a team of scientists warn that this ...
Stargaze is designed to improve transparency and cooperation in low-Earth orbit, where the number of satellites has surged in ...
A massive solar storm can trigger the low Earth orbit to collapse into Earth.
It's no understatement to say that the modern world could not function without our satellites, but they're a lot more ...
Low-Earth orbit is more crowded—and fragile—than it looks. Satellites constantly weave past each other, burning fuel and ...
SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites into orbit to provide high-speed internet access over the past few years. Companies like OneWeb and Amazon are doing the same. Research is now being done to ...
A rare disruption like a major solar storm could overwhelm Earth's satellite system and trigger a debris-producing disaster ...
Low Earth orbit now holds thousands of satellites, and the count keeps rising. That growth has made space feel roomy in ...
New radar, optical and communications systems underline the company’s expansion into higher-value space services and overseas ...