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…
China’s Shijian maneuver signals a new lead in the orbital refueling race
Chris Young’s Beyond Earth column explores the intersection of space technology and policy, providing thought-provoking commentary on the…
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 NASA Space Telescope Is Falling Out of the Sky. Can This Startup Save it?
An Earth-orbiting NASA telescope is slowly falling out of the sky, with a 90% chance of uncontrolled reentry…
Earth always has more moons than you think
Still, maybe-moons bring a certain immediacy to astronomy that some far-flung wonders can’t achieve. Kat Volk, a planetary…
A Giant Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Spreading and Scientists Are Worried
A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to…
Apple Watch 11 can now tap Starlink satellites for messaging and emergencies
While Apple invested in Globalstar as the satellite service provider for its iPhones, its latest Watch series is…
China launches low Earth orbit satellite group -Xinhua
A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying the 13th group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the…
China launches Lijian-1 Y9 carrier rocket -Xinhua
A Lijian-1 Y9 carrier rocket carrying two technical experiment satellites blasts off from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation…
China develops satellite power system to support future space weapons
Scientists in China claim that they have finally cracked a decades-old dilemma that has long prevented the development…
US slams EU’s proposed space law as ‘unacceptable’ – POLITICO
The EU proposed the law in June in an attempt to dial up regulatory oversight of satellite operators…
Elon Musk suggests AI satellites could dial down global warming
The world’s richest man has entered one of the most controversial climate debates of our time: whether humans…