There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble ...

A SpaceX executive said the move would reduce the "likelihood of collision" with other satellites and space debris.

Starlink,a division of SpaceX, provides satellite internet around the world. It is ideal for those who live in rural areas as connection speeds are often improved over what local companies offer. It's ...

Satellites are perhaps the most wondrous piece of technology mankind has invented. The idea of creating an artificial device and launching it into space to orbit our planet is simply amazing. It is ...

Starlink will begin lowering the orbit of its satellite constellation in 2026, moving spacecraft currently operating at ...

Space Forge is looking to manufacture semiconductor materials in orbit, where the microgravity enables cleaner crystals.

As a true milestone on the path to autonomous space systems, a research team at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) has successfully tested an AI-based attitude controller for satellites ...

A collision would occur in just 2.8 days if all satellites lost their ability to dodge each other, highlighting how crowded Earth’s orbit is becoming. In the past seven years, the number of satellites ...

Starlink will begin a reconfiguration of its satellite constellation by lowering all of its satellites orbiting at around 550 km (342 miles) to 480 km over the course of 2026, Michael Nicolls, ...

We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite in orbit, thanks to Vantor's WorldView-3 spacecraft. On Wednesday (Dec. 17), this particular Starlink suffered an anomaly that caused a ...

Sven Bilén founder and co-owner of Victoria Defense, which seeks to commercialize VLEO and other space technologies. He receives funding from DARPA and NASA related to VLEO technologies. Which is why ...