SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggests Starlink users will get better signal quality after the company lowers approximately 4,400 satellites by about 70 kilometers.
Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term operations, a new study suggests. The study found that, while in 2019 only 0.2% of ...
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Satellite megaconstellations could blind Earth’s asteroid warning systems
Some of the most important asteroid searches are done at exactly the time of night when satellite trails are hardest to avoid ...
China launched Yaogan Satellite into space 16 March with 8 satellites into orbit with Kuaizhou-11 Y7 rocket marking its fifth flight. This launch happened from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North ...
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Could smaller satellites reduce space debris risks? New research looks at safer orbit designs
New research examines how smaller satellites in lower orbits could reduce collision risks and debris generation while maintaining high-resolution Earth observation capabilities.
On January 30, 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to 1 million satellites to power data centers in space. The proposal ...
WASHINGTON — Developers of wildfire-detection satellites are moving beyond raw data delivery, adding tools that show firefighters and researchers when satellites will actually pass over the areas they ...
As the global satellite communications industry rapidly advances toward a multi-orbit, multi-band architecture, the flexibility and scalability of ground terminal equipment have become core concerns ...
Will Crowe, chief executive of HEO, shows how the company has improved imaging of spacecraft in low Earth orbit, such as the Tiangong space station. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust SYDNEY — An Australian ...
SpaceX has announced that it's lowering the orbits of some 4,400 Starlink satellites following a near miss with a new Chinese satellite last year. SpaceX says the shift, which will take place ...
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. & TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Impulse Space, the leader for in-space mobility, and Infinite Orbits, the France-based in-orbit services company, have reinforced their ...
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