Right after launching, a bunch of satellites heading to join the megaconstellation looks like a string of moving stars going ...

Gravity is the force needed to maintain the orbit of planets, asteroids and comets around a star and moons and artificial satellites around a planet. An artificial satellite is a man-made body ...

They're certainly not the kind of thing you would consider a "vehicle," but it is a fact that all satellites in orbit are actively moving around the Earth. Just because satellites aren't built for ...

But one of the more revolutionary astronomy tools of the decade is a mini satellite about the size of a bread box. The satellite will act as an artificial ... satellite into Earth's orbit.

In the intense early days of the space race, a small, unusual satellite was launched into space sixty-seven years ago.

More than 58 years have passed since Sputnik 1 became the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. Launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 consisted of a 23-inch-diameter ...

Gravity is the force needed to maintain the orbit of planets, asteroids and comets around ... natural satellite. An artificial satellite is a man-made body placed in orbit round the earth or ...