However, this striking formation is short-lived; as the satellites ascend to their operational orbit at 340 miles (550 kilometers), they disperse and blend into the starry backdrop. If you’re ...

For an object to remain in a steady, circular orbit it must be travelling at the right speed. The diagram shows a satellite orbiting the Earth. There are three possible outcomes: If the satellite ...

Today's mission, which Rocket Lab calls "The Lightning God Reigns," successfully sent the QPS-SAR-9 satellite to a circular ...

In four years time, Starlinks make up 40% of all satellites ever successfully deployed. The 1960s to the end of the 1980s saw predominantly government objects placed in orbit. Now commercial ...

Gravity provides the force needed to maintain the stable orbit of planets around a star and also of moons and artificial satellites around a planet. The moons around planets in the Solar System ...