Starlink already accounts for 40% of all the satellites ever launched, and each one releases harmful aluminum oxides when ...

As space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any insurance at all. To compensate, companies are ...

While it is tricky to predict how many satellites will be launched and when, researchers have estimated a maximum number of spacecraft that can coexist within low-Earth orbit (LEO) — the region ...

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that ...

How many Starlink satellites are in orbit. As of May 2025, there are over 7,600 satellites in Starlink’s constellation. The number is constantly changing as Starlink launches more and more.

The Starlink satellite train is usually visible shortly after the satellites have been deployed when they are at their lowest orbit. Starlink satellites travel very fast and complete one orbit of ...

With 27 satellites now in orbit around the Earth, Amazon joins a growing number of companies working to put more than 1,000 satellites each into space to create their own mega constellation.

A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at ...

If all Starlink launches are excluded, Falcon 9 is still the leader with 26 percent of launches, 44 percent of satellites launched, and 46 percent of mass to orbit in 2024.

Satellites launched into this kind of orbit may have additional thrusters onboard, which are fired to subtly shift their arc. This is all with the intent of matching the speed of the Earth's ...

SpaceX's Starlink constellation is over 60% of all of the active satellites in orbit, and they operate at this point many thousands of satellites in a very tight altitude regime, ...