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 ...

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.

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 ...

A group of mysterious Russian satellites has begun to break up in low-Earth orbit, reports indicate. The satellites are part of three groups launched in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

With Project Daedalus, the Pentagon's R&D wing is interested in satellites that can orbit in a much lower place than others. Here's why.

The Chamran-1 satellite, which was launched into space by the Qaem-100 satellite carrier, was put into a 550-kilometre (340-mile) orbit and its first signals had been received, the media said ...

It launched its first satellite into space in April 2020. But the head of the U.S. Space Command later dismissed it as a "tumbling webcam in space" that would not provide vital intelligence.

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.