A spacecraft has successfully closed in on a massive chunk of metal zipping around Earth, capturing images of it—a big leap ...

The first satellite in a constellation designed specifically to locate wildfires early and precisely anywhere on the planet has now reached Earth's orbit, and it could forever change how we tackle ...

Space is getting crowded — humans have now placed over 20,000 satellites into orbit since the start of ... using onboard solar panels, just like current electric propulsion systems.

Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low ...

Japanese ADRAS-J satellite captures historic close-up of space debris, advancing efforts to tackle orbital junk ...

The US Space Force has accused China of "dogfighting in space," a term that usually refers to fighter jets caught up in an ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The East Coast of the United States is getting a new watchful eye over its skies as the National Ocean and ...

SatChecker data come from the US Space Force, which draws on a global network of sensors that tracks objects in orbit and issues updates on satellite locations as often as several times a day.

[Photo by Wang Jiangbo/chinadaily.com.cn] Galactic Energy, a private rocket maker in Beijing, conducted a launch of its Ceres 1 rocket on Friday evening, deploying six satellites into orbit.

They are practicing tactics, techniques, and procedures to do on-orbit space operations from one satellite to another,” Guetlein said, using a term that typically refers to close-range aerial ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

Increasing levels of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere may reduce the total number of satellites that can safely orbit Earth by up to 66% of the current carrying capacity by ...