While US officials are worried about Russian anti-satellite weapons, or ASATs, the behavior of Russia's Nivelir satellites is puzzling. It's clear that Russia is deliberately launching these ...

Virgin Orbit just aced its fourth mission in a row, ... SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on brand-new ... taking the seven payloads to their desired orbit, a circular path 310 ...

In Singapore, another startup is working on a similar path. ... Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is a unique air-launch system that deploys satellites into orbit from a modified Boeing 747 aircraft.

Instead, on Jan. 19, DirecTV requested that the FCC allow the company to relocate the satellite to a higher orbit known as the "graveyard orbit," roughly 185 miles (300 km) above its current path ...

In any given second, a 1m x 1m x 1m satellite takes up over 7,000 cubic meters of space, tearing through anything in its path. It’s like a hippopotamus traveling at 17,000 miles per hour on ice ...

Virgin Orbit sends 10 satellites to orbit, building on Paul Allen’s air-launch legacy by Alan Boyle on January 17, 2021 at 2:05 pm January 17, 2021 at 7:33 pm Share 208 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

While it is tricky to predict how many satellites will be launched and when, researchers have estimated a maximum number of spacecraft that can coexist within low-Earth orbit (LEO) — the region ...

Iran launched a satellite criticised by the United States as a breach of a UN resolution on Tuesday but it failed to reach orbit, the telecommunications minister said.

A small NASA satellite on Monday broke free from its orbit around Earth and is headed toward the moon. The satellite is roughly the size of a microwave oven.

This Tiny Moon-Bound Satellite Could Carve a Path For a Lunar Space Station The NASA-funded CAPSTONE mission will evaluate a unique orbit that could help establish a long-term presence on the Moon.