There was nothing terribly remarkable about the Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 satellites—at least not at first. Iridium was a 1,500 lb. communications satellite the U.S. launched into space in 1997 ...
In-space servicing company Katalyst Space Technologies will launch its robotic space vehicle on an Arianespace rocket to geostationary orbit (GEO), where it intends to install a domain ...
Certain bands on the radio spectrum are reserved for certain satellite and spacecraft operations in low-Earth orbit (LEO). Amateur astronomer Scott Tilley accidentally stumbled across downlink ...
A Starlink satellite nearly collided with a Chinese satellite at 350 miles altitude, passing within just 650 feet of each other in low Earth orbit. PCWorld reports the Chinese satellite was ...