Debris from capsules and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

As space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any insurance at all. To compensate, companies are ...

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that ...

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.

An illustration of the Arkisys in-orbit servicing Port module, which could help increase the lifespan of satellites, thus reducing the amount of new orbital debris.(Image credit: Arkisys inc.) ...

June 7 (UPI) --SpaceX launched SiriusXM's second new satellite into orbit from Florida early Saturday after five delays. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:54 a.m. EDT from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral ...

Space Force officials also stressed the powerful but light touch that Meadowlands employs. While it can be fully effective in blocking satellite communications, that block is temporary.

Astroscale, the space junk removal venture, announced a British government contract June 16 worth about $7 million to deploy a pair of cubesats in 2027 to monitor space weather while tracking ...

Astroscale has completed the critical design review of a servicer aiming to remove a OneWeb broadband satellite from low Earth orbit next year, the Japanese venture’s British subsidiary ...

The Falcon 9 rocket propelled off the pad at 12:54 a.m. Saturday, June 7, and delivered the third-generation, Maxar Space Systems-manufactured SXM-10 satellite into orbit.