SpaceX has opened 2026 with a visually spectacular and strategically important launch, sending Italy’s latest radar Earth ...

Albedo is building satellites to map and monitor the Earth with powerful precision and detail for use in agriculture, energy, mapping, and defense.

More accurate maps of the ocean floor are crucial for a range of seafaring activities, including navigation and laying underwater communications cables. “Seafloor mapping is key in both established ...

It's no surprise that SpaceX is breaking in the year. Elon Musk's company launched a whopping 165 orbital missions in 2025 — ...

Illustration by the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command WASHINGTON — A navigation satellite designed by Sierra Space for the U.S. Space Force has cleared an early review, the company announced ...

Space Forge is looking to manufacture semiconductor materials in orbit, where the microgravity enables cleaner crystals.

BOULDER, Colo. — Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit. The growth in the population of satellites ...

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A satellite launched by Russia, which the U.S. has said is linked to a nuclear anti-satellite weapon program, is no longer functioning correctly, it has been reported. The Cosmos 2553 satellite ...

Satellites reflect sunlight, Earthshine, infrared and radio waves. A new NASA-led study shows that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from some ...

Earth’s space junk may be wreaking havoc on the stratosphere. The rapid surge in satellite megaconstellations is connecting much of the world to broadband internet. But each year, hundreds of those ...