Rocket Lab will launch a radar satellite for the Japanese Earth-observation company Synspective today (Oct. 14), and you can ...

It was SpaceX's third Project Kuiper launch and the sixth overall dedicated to building out the nascent network, which will ...

A giant slingshot might sound like something out of a science fair or a medieval battle—but one California startup is turning this idea into a revolutionary way to launch satellites. This system doesn ...

Amazon launched its first batch of satellites into orbit on Monday in the company’s first step toward rivaling Elon Musk's Starlink satellite constellation. Amazon's Project Kuiper sent 27 satellites ...

SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites into orbit to provide high-speed internet access over the past few years. Companies like OneWeb and Amazon are doing the same. Research is now being done to ...

Daily life increasingly depends on systems of satellites orbiting Earth. As fleets proliferate, ever greater numbers of expired units will hurtle back toward the surface. Decommissioned satellites ...

An Iranian communications satellite was sent into orbit aboard a Russian rocket on Friday, a launch that highlighted strong ties between the two countries. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled ...

A recently launched Russian satellite is getting uncomfortably cozy with a U.S. reconnaissance satellite, leading Space Command to worry that it’s part of an anti-satellite weapon being deployed to ...

Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling. China’s Shijian-21 ...