BlueBird 6 features the biggest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in orbit around Earth, spanning some ...

Europe's flagship space launching system, Ariane 6, successfully placed 32 Amazon satellites into low Earth orbit.

Could we prevent in-orbit crashes in the future by using advanced computer models?

Extreme solar activity or even a software glitch could put us just days away from a satellite collision in low-Earth orbit.

Satellites are perhaps the most wondrous piece of technology mankind has invented. The idea of creating an artificial device and launching it into space to orbit our planet is simply amazing. It is ...

Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after retirement, raising new concerns about debris in high Earth orbit.

SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites into orbit to provide high-speed internet access over the past few years. Companies like OneWeb and Amazon are doing the same. Research is now being done to ...

A collision would occur in just 2.8 days if all satellites lost their ability to dodge each other, highlighting how crowded Earth’s orbit is becoming. In the past seven years, the number of satellites ...

An image of Starlink-35956, a satellite that suffered an in-orbit anomaly Dec. 17, confirming the spacecraft was largely intact despite generating hundreds of pieces of debris. Credit: Vantor ...