NASA's four PUNCH spacecraft have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base and are preparing for a February launch.

Flying at an altitude of around 45km, their polar orbit will require more juice than a typical orbit because the spacecraft can’t use the Earth’s rotation to boost velocity. This added energy ...

This first batch went into a polar (sun-synchronous) orbit, and the resulting satellite train was spotted in orbit shortly ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

A Long March 6A rocket launched a fourth batch of 18 Qianfan/Thousand Sails satellites into polar orbit early Thursday. There are now 72 satellites in orbit for the planned 14,000-satellite ...

Four hundred million copper wires are now circling the globe in a polar orbit at an altitude of 2300 miles. These "needles" are part of Project West Ford which began in 1958 when it was first ...

The booster’s successful return also marks SpaceX's first polar orbit mission from Florida. In the wee hours of the morning in India, on the other side of the world, SpaceX was busy getting its ...

NASAs Juno probe has discovered a massive volcanic hot spot on Jupiters moon Io. The hot spot emits 80 trillion watts of ...

The PUNCH constellation of satellites is targeted to launch in late February 2025 into a polar orbit along the day-night line, so the spacecraft will remain in the sunlight with a clear view in ...