"Falcon completes its 500th overall mission! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team for making the impossible possible on ...

What’s happening in space has Elon Musk deeply concerned. Solar flares and space weather are heating up Earth’s upper ...

China is positioning a satellite to test its ability to refuel another in orbit over Earth and extend its mission for several ...

Elon Musk has long dominated the internet-providing satellites business with regular SpaceX Starlink launches. Now, Jeff ...

Scientists are raising alarms as the number of active satellites orbiting Earth surpasses 11,700, with a new launch ...

US space leadership is at risk without urgent action on launch emissions, orbital debris, and space sustainability. With the ...

And — more importantly — how many is too many? As of May 2025, there are around 11,700 active satellites in orbit around Earth, ranging from military spy satellites and scientific probes to ...

In the last five years, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has more than doubled and will likely double again within a similar timespan, thanks to the efforts of private companies such as SpaceX.

China lays foundation for cislunar infrastructure with spacecraft in novel lunar orbits China has sent several small spacecraft into specialized lunar and cislunar orbits to test communications, ...

The satellites were deployed in low Earth orbit (LEO) about an hour later as ... The 26 newly launched spacecraft will soon join more than 7,600 active satellites in the Starlink megaconstellation ...

Another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is due to launch over the weekend from Southern California's Vandenberg Space Force Base.