SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California today (Feb. 1). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying ...

How do low-Earth orbit satellites pose a problem for ground-based astronomy? The main thing is there are so many of them that are currently being launched and planned to be launched and they ...

SpaceX didn’t respond to a request for comment, but the company might be retiring large batches of older Starlink satellites, ...

Starlink is a satellite network developed by SpaceX to provide low-cost internet to remote locations. As of January 2024, there were close to 7,000 Starlink satellites in orbit. SpaceX plans to ...

These satellites, as well as anything else leaving Earth, needs to pass through ... doubled the number of satellites in orbit, and that's just the start. Many scientists are concerned that we ...

The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 22 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. It will deploy them there about 61 minutes after liftoff. SpaceX has now launched 14 Falcon ...

Summer-a time when the urge to explore places familiar and new beckons to young and old alike. Although the sun sets late during the summer months, we inevitably find ourselves outside looking at ...

Vodafone has arranged what it calls the first smartphone-based satellite video connection in the UK. An engineer stood on ...