The Space Force is looking at ways to integrate commercial capabilities and better partner with international allies on space ...

This high-altitude system significantly surpasses US radar satellites, which remain confined to low Earth orbit. The project, ...

Lockheed Martin expects its mid-size demonstration satellite will launch on Saturday on a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket.

The original idea of geosynchronous communications satellites was published by the British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in the early 50's. Aldous Huxley commented that the establishment of ...

If you want to reach a satellite in geosynchronous orbit it’ll take a little more effort, and this dual-feed helical “ice cream cone” antenna could really help. Until recently, the dream of ...

On Star Trek, if you want to go from one deck to another, you enter a “turbolift” and tell it where you want to go. However, many people have speculated that one day you’ll ride an elevator ...

Often dubbed as "naughty boy" for its spotty success rate, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-II of ISRO has earned new sobriquets such as "mature", "obedient", "smarty" and "natty" after ...

The total number of Starlinks launched to date now stands at 6,854, of which 6,239 were presumed to be functional going into ...

In August 2023, China unveiled its groundbreaking Ludi Tance 4-01 satellite, the first geosynchronous synthetic aperture ...

The Mako spacecraft for the Tetra-5 and Tetra-6 missions will be the first satellite in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) to be refueled and demonstrate compatibility with multiple available refueling ...

Relativistic electrons in the outer Van Allen belt wreak havoc with satellites in geosynchronous orbit, but how they reach such high energies has been unclear. New data identify gyro-resonant wave ...