Tiny pieces of space junk only 2 inches (5 centimeters) in size are cluttering a valuable orbital region where some of the ...

Scientists have uncovered dozens of previously undetected fragments of space debris, revealing a “potential minefield” in ...

The satellites that run your weather forecasts, your television, and a significant portion of global communications all occupy a narrow band of space 36,000 kilometers above the equator. They share ...

It's been decades since humanity first sent a satellite into orbit, and during all this time we kind of become experts at it. What we still haven't mastered yet is extending the life of these ...

For many college students, satellites are faint dots crossing the sky on clear nights. These objects are background details from science fiction to reality, like GPS, satellite radio, and WiFi. For ...

A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day).

The world’s leading space powers desperately want to know what the others are up to high above the equator. For more than a decade, the US military has operated a fleet of “inspector” satellites ...

The OEO satellite promises a geosynchronous orbit around the equator, low latency, and a drastic cut in costs—using readily available technology. Thousands of satellites have been deployed during ...

United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur successfully completed its debut national security mission (USSF-106) for the U.S. Space Force, deploying a critical Air Force Vanguard payload (NTS-3) to ...