The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff

The Artemis II mission will set several notable human spaceflight records. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina ...

NASA's Artemis II craft meets the launch pad ahead of crewed lunar orbit

The goal of the Artemis program is to eventually send Americans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, with ...
The Hill

Starlink satellites to be moved to lower orbit

Michael Nicholls, vice president of Starlink engineering, posted the news on social platform X, announcing the company’s plan to change the orbit of the satellites in order to reduce the chances of ...
Reuters

Starlink plans to lower satellite orbit to enhance safety in 2026

Jan 1 (Reuters) - Starlink will begin a reconfiguration of its satellite constellation by lowering all of its satellites orbiting at around 550 km (342 miles) to 480 km over the course of 2026, ...
NPR

Russia sends 3 Iranian satellites into orbit, report says

TEHRAN, Iran — Russia on Sunday sent three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, the second such launch since July, Iranian state television reported. The report said that a Russian rocket ...
Gizmodo

A Starlink Satellite Is Tumbling Toward Earth After a Strange Anomaly in Orbit

SpaceX has lost contact with one of its broadband satellites, which is now falling toward Earth due to an unspecified and seemingly mysterious anomaly. The company revealed that a Starlink satellite ...
The Washington Post

Why U.S. and Chinese satellites are ‘dogfighting’ in orbit

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The American patrol satellite had the targets in its sights: two recently ...
New Scientist

Crash clock says satellites in orbit are three days from disaster

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 ...
The Conversation

Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He teaches space systems engineering and mission design and management at the University ...
SpaceNews

Spire to build eight satellites for Deloitte’s on-orbit cybersecurity program

WASHINGTON — Spire Global has secured a contract from Deloitte to design, build and operate eight satellites that will support the consulting firm’s push into on-orbit cybersecurity, the companies ...
IJR

South Korea Sends Its Largest Satellite Yet into Orbit in Major Step for National Space Program

South Korea marked a significant milestone early Thursday with the launch of its largest satellite to date aboard its domestically built Nuri rocket. According to The Associated Press, the three-stage ...
Phys.org

AI controls satellite attitude in orbit for first time

As a true milestone on the path to autonomous space systems, a research team at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) has successfully tested an AI-based attitude controller for satellites ...