For many college students, satellites are faint dots crossing the sky on clear nights. These objects are background details ...

The Falcon 9 took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 7:12 am PDT (10:12 am EDT; 14:12 UTC) and headed south ...

Nusantara Lima is expected to start work in 2026 after completing a series of checkouts. PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), Indonesia's first satellite-based private telecom company, will use the ...

It's been decades since humanity first sent a satellite into orbit, and during all this time we kind of become experts at it. What we still haven't mastered yet is extending the life of these ...

A study has found that many geosynchronous satellites transmit unencrypted data, including SMS and military information, ...

Small geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) satellites have been an increasingly discussed design trend in the industry, boasting the same regionalized scope as traditional GEO models at a price point ...

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is funding a fuel depot built by Orbit Fab for a Space Force demonstration called Tetra-5 planned for launch in 2026, during which an Astroscale U.S. spacecraft ...

Russia's two Olymp satellites, also known as Luch, are different. They have wandered around geosynchronous orbit since their ...

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has tested a robotic system, which could soon inspect, repair, and even upgrade satellites already in orbit. NRL announced a major milestone on September 18, ...

WASHINGTON — Despite a surge in satellite deployments, the fundamental operating model for spacecraft hasn’t evolved much since Sputnik launched in 1957: build it, launch it, use it, discard it. This ...

China's space program took a major stride this past week as two of its satellites seemingly docked together in what could have been the country's first high-altitude attempt at refueling a satellite ...