DiskSats use a flat design that can accommodate more gear than alternative like CubeSats. A NASA-funded demo mission launched ...

The company revealed that a Starlink satellite experienced an anomaly on Wednesday that led to a complete loss of ...

One of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites suffered an anomaly in orbit on Wednesday (Dec. 17) that led to its partial ...

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters will also contaminate observations by four space telescopes, including Hubble ...

SpaceX confirmed that one Starlink satellite recently exploded in orbit, and it is now tumbling to re-enter the planet.

The closer to Earth a satellite flies, the clearer a picture it can take of the surface. But low-flying satellites also have ...

Many tech billionaires, including Musk, fall squarely into the “proponents” category. With a blockbuster IPO on the horizon ...

The modified Mira launched in January 2025 on SpaceX's Transporter 12 rideshare mission, which hauled 131 payloads to low ...

Rocket Lab has successfully launched an Electron technology demonstration satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration ...

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed two satellites into orbit to join the EU's rival to the GPS navigation ...

The U.S. Space Force is hoping to get its own permanent opposition force for training, this time in orbit. Specifically, the service is looking at sending up satellites into space to serve as ...

Earth's orbit is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. Earth's distance from the Sun varies by about 3 million miles throughout the year. Earth's orbit's semimajor axis is approximately 93 million miles.