New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has achieved a rather unusual feat, successfully creating and maintaining artificial solar ...

A total of 2,578 operational satellites were placed in orbit in 2024. This growing satellite count continues to strain orbital pathways and need for better space traffic coordination. (AI ...

The Starlink satellite train is usually visible shortly after the satellites have been deployed when they are at their lowest orbit. Starlink satellites travel very fast and complete one orbit of ...

Iran launched satellite Rasad-1 into orbit around Earth. Rasad-1 (the name means Observation 1 in Farsi) is an imaging ...

The U.S. isn’t completely innocent either. In June 2017, classified U.S. military satellite USA 276 snuck up on the International Space Station at a close distance of about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).

Once in orbit, SpaceX releases tensioners to passively cast free the Starlink satellites all at once, allowing the stack of more than 20 spacecraft to disperse as they begin their missions.

A consortium of Ukrainian, Nordic and eastern European companies is hoping to raise more than 100 million euros ($115 million ...

Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...