Chinese and Starlink satellites nearly collide in space
Two satellites, one Starlink and one Chinese, nearly collided this month as low Earth orbit fills up. The…
A Starlink Satellite Is Tumbling Toward Earth After a Strange Anomaly in Orbit
SpaceX has lost contact with one of its broadband satellites, which is now falling toward Earth due to…
New ‘CRASH Clock’ Warns of 2.8-Day Window Before Likely Orbital Collision
Last week, a Chinese spacecraft passed within just 655 feet (200 meters) of a Starlink satellite, narrowly avoiding…
Chinese Spacecraft Got Disturbingly Close to Smashing Into a Starlink Satellite
Low-Earth orbit is getting a little crowded. As operators around the world launch more satellites and spacecraft each…
Orbital traffic: the explosion of satellites puts space telescopes in crisis
According to one study, more than 95% of images from space telescopes risk being compromised by satellite light…
China’s Kuaizhou-11 Y8 rocket launches space experimental spacecraft into space-Xinhua
A Kuaizhou-11 Y8 carrier rocket carrying one space experimental spacecraft blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center…
Space Force Unveils 7 Bizarre Themes to Name Its War Tech
In an effort to reinforce its identity as the youngest military branch, the U.S. Space Force is adopting…
Your Next Flight Might Be Directed From Space
If you’re traveling during the holiday season, then you’ll likely be anticipating the dreaded packed airports and flight…
NASA launches tech demo to make spacecraft cheaper to design
The satellite described (Image source: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Facebook) NASA launched a small satellite called R5-S7…
China Testing Ways To Knock Out Musk’s Starlink in Future US War
Chinese researchers have been exploring ways to wage electronic warfare on SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network. The team ran…
Auroras in the tropics and satellites in crisis: the true story of the super solar storm of 2024
How did Earth react during the super solar storm of 2024? A study to predict malfunctions of satellites,…
Voyager 1 will be one light-day, 16 billion miles, from us next year
It takes a beam of light a single day to travel 16.1 billion miles, a distance known as…