There's nothing innate about the Earth or its atmosphere that marks the boundaries of low Earth orbit. This is a distinction ...

Scientists are baffled after the UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, which dates back to 1969, moved to an entirely different ...

A satellite that’s been dead for 50 years ended up thousands of miles away from where it should be. Instead of spending the ...

The satellite will move in a geostationary orbit about 36,000 kilometers above the equator at the same period as the Earth’s rotation. It will appear stationary when viewed from Earth.

When people think of spaceflight’s Apollo era, it’s either a bygone period of relentless exploration or it was completely ...

GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. These satellites require a station on Earth to keep their ...

SpaceX launches the Optus-X satellite for Australia, nails Falcon 9's landing, and gears up for more missions in a busy week ...

For decades, the astronomical cost of overcoming Earth’s gravity has posed a significant barrier to space exploration.

Experts clarified that on April 13, 2029, asteroid Apophis will be as close as 31,200 kilometers to Earth, which they say the ...

AI-driven technologies are on the cusp of unlocking true autonomy in orbit, with the potential to enable spacecraft to operate independently and deliver more customized, intelligently managed data ...

An asteroid the size of Manhattan’s Empire State Building will safely pass on April 13, 2029, in a once every 5,000 to 10,000 ...

Weighing 4,700 kg, GSAT-20 was too heavy for India's current launch vehicles, following which ISRO turned to Space X ...