The rocket's first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes later as planned, touching down on the SpaceX drone ship "A ...

According to SpaceNews, the docking occurred near American surveillance spacecraft USA 270 and USA 271 which are likely to ...

FARGO — The satellite picture is a tool used to show clouds and storms, and it is a relatively modern technology. The first weather satellite, Tiros I, was launched on April 1, 1960. By the ...

The Indian space agency is gearing up for the July launch of the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite, a ...

These types of surveillance satellites usually fly much closer to Earth to obtain the sharpest images possible of ... be heading for a perch in geosynchronous orbit, a position that would afford ...

Watch tile-shedding private Chinese rocket launch 6 satellites to orbit (video) New images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest its parachute may be out Related: The latest news about ...

In fact, there is a single company offering life-extension services for satellites in geosynchronous orbit at the moment: Northrop Grumman. And it does this thanks to a little piece of technology ...

The orbital demonstration could be a game-changer for extending the lifespan of satellites in space. Two Chinese satellites ...

However, if a satellite is in geosynchronous orbit, it's substantially further from Earth, about 22,000 miles above the surface. Satellites launched into this kind of orbit may have additional ...

SpaceX launched the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM early Saturday ... The Falcon 9's upper stage carried SXM-10 to geosynchronous transfer orbit high above Earth on Saturday, deploying it there ...

SpaceX launched the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM early Saturday ... The Falcon 9's upper stage carried SXM-10 to geosynchronous transfer orbit high above Earth on Saturday, deploying it there ...