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…
See stunning imagery captured by NASA’s GOES satellites in 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites network (GOES) captured a number of natural phenomena…
Rocket Lab to build 18 US missile-tracking satellites in $816m deal
“This contract underscores that Rocket Lab’s vertically integrated approach isn’t just a competitive advantage – we’re enabling a…
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…
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…
Kongsberg, Helsing team up for European satellite-intel constellation
PARIS — Norway’s Kongsberg and Germany’s Helsing are teaming up to provide Europe with a sovereign satellite constellation…
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…
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…
A US start-up plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work? – Monash Lens
A proposed constellation of satellites has astronomers very worried. Unlike satellites that reflect sunlight and produce light pollution…