Classified Shiyan-23 satellite will be used for "space environment monitoring." China launched the latest in its secretive ...

It seems like everything orbits something in space. Moons orbit planets. Planets orbit stars. Stars orbit the centers of ...

Tracking satellites in geostationary orbit—a circular orbit directly above the equator—can be challenging because there are no radars positioned to monitor objects precisely on the equator.

After 25 years of drifting undetected in space, an experimental satellite that launched in 1974 has been found using tracking ...

Rather than leaving defunct equipment to drift aimlessly in orbit or plunge unpredictably to Earth we must adopt controlled ...

Yes, the reasoning is a bit circular, but we are talking about ... Still, they are often completely expended when blasting a satellite into a higher orbit, raising costs. Starlink satellites ...

In a known star system about 66 light years away from the Sun, the astrophysicists discovered signals for a new rocky planet ...

NASA is preparing to launch an advanced weather satellite into orbit for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

By the edhat staff May 10, 2024 On Thursday, May 9 at 9:30 p.m., Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including six with ...

UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had to double check his calculations. He wasn’t sure the planet he was studying ...

Proponents of a circular space economy advocate ... Rather than leaving defunct satellites to drift aimlessly in orbit or plunge unpredictably to Earth we must adopt controlled reentry procedures.

The Infra-Red Calibration Balloon (S73-7) satellite started its journey into ... and began its life heading into a 500 mile (800 kilometers) circular orbit. While in orbit, the original plan ...