SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggests Starlink users will get better signal quality after the company lowers approximately 4,400 satellites by about 70 kilometers.

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 ...

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 ...

New research examines how smaller satellites in lower orbits could reduce collision risks and debris generation while maintaining high-resolution Earth observation capabilities.

The company's rebuttal to the FCC mentions launching orbital data center constellation in phases, and studying potential ...

Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about it Jettisoned junk A pallet of old batteries released into space from the ...

Some of the most important asteroid searches are done at exactly the time of night when satellite trails are hardest to avoid ...

This reentry is notable because it poses a higher risk to the public than the US government typically allows. The risk of ...

Elon Musk wants to launch a million satellites, but researchers say global warming is changing the upper atmosphere in ways that makes space junk linger. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Elon Musk’s space ...

China launches new highly retrograde Yaogan satellite, KZ-11 rideshare deploys 8 satellites China conducted a pair of launches Sunday, sending a second Yaogan-50 satellite into a highly retrograde ...

Aleix Nadal does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Gregory Radisic is affiliated with the International Institute of Space Law, and the Institute on Space Law and Ethics at For All Moonkind Inc. Samantha Lawler receives funding from the Natural ...