But the really big picture – the global snapshot – remained out of sight. The first satellite of any kind was the USSR’s Sputnik 1, launched in 1957. But it wasn’t until the 1960s that ...

The ongoing surge of greenhouse gas emissions in the near-Earth environment could cause dramatic declines in the number of satellites orbiting the planet by the end of the century, a new study has ...

Isro has successfully undocked two satellites after their first docking as part of the SpaDex mission, laying the groundwork for multiple future docking attempts. This critical advancement will ...

Space junk is a "persistent hazard," scientists say. Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth ...

Aerospace engineers found that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways that, over time, will reduce the number of satellites that can safely operate there.

Leonardo LDO7.13%increase; green up pointing triangle said it plans to put nearly 40 satellites in orbit by 2028 to offer services for military and civilian purposes, as Europe rubber-stamps more ...

Liftoff occurred at 8:38 p.m. EST on Saturday (Feb. 22). SpaceX launched another set of its Starlink internet satellites from southern California on Saturday evening (Feb 22). A Falcon 9 rocket ...

Sending messages via satellite on iPhones should soon be as easy to as using your mobile network signal, as Apple and satellite partner Globalstar put a new satellite constellation into space.

Here’s how it works. SpaceX launched a stack of 23 Starlink satellites from Florida this morning, Feb. 21, adding to the company's growing space-based internet fleet. The Falcon 9 rocket ...

The most striking thing was how sharp the photo was. Most commercial satellite imagery, of the sort offered by firms like Maxar or European Space Imaging, can achieve a resolution of about 30cm ...

Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China launched a new communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit Saturday to replace the aging ChinaSat-10 spacecraft. A Long March 3B rocket lifted ...

WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency (SDA) is pressing ahead with satellite procurements despite internal turbulence and high-level scrutiny following the removal of its former director ...