A record-setting test of quantum communication used a microsatellite to connect ground stations in China and South Africa, ...
Massive wildfires devastated the Los Angeles region in January, forcing over 100,000 people to evacuate and razing thousands ...
Operators follow a 25-year rule: at this point, a satellite’s mission is deemed to have ended and it is lowered into the atmosphere where gravity and friction kicks in. While this helps clear space, ...
AST SpaceMobile (AST) already has five of its BlueBird high-capacity broadband satellites in orbit, and has strong ...
Satellites connect people around the world but they also interfere with astronomers’ views of the cosmos. There are ways to ...
By the year 2100, some parts of Earth orbit may have upwards of 66% less carrying capacity for satellites, according to a new ...
People and planes often flag wildfires before satellites do, but satellites can play a critical role when it comes to ...
MIT aerospace engineers have found that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways that, over time, will reduce the number of satellites that can sustainably ...
Space junk is a "persistent hazard," scientists say. Climate change could threaten the future use of satellites and significantly reduce the number of spacecraft that can safety orbit Earth ...