A Whole Bunch of Satellites Could Crash Out of Orbit in Just 5 Days

The CRASH Clock is a new predictor of how much time there will be before a collision if a solar storm knocks out power and ...

New space satellite lab 'puts UK on the map'

A new laboratory that will help develop and test space satellite engines has opened in Oxfordshire. The Disruptive ...

Space junk may threaten flight delays as satellites crowd Earth's orbit

As satellite launches skyrocket and orbital debris multiplies, aviation authorities are scrambling to prevent space junk from ...
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SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force

ORLANDO, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite late Jan. 27, continuing a string of ...

Elon Musk wants to put 1 million satellites in orbit. Can Earth handle it?

SpaceX has asked the FCC to approve a constellation of space-based data centers for AI training, a move that could overwhelm ...
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US Space Force awards 1st-of-its-kind $52 million contract to deorbit its satellites

Starfish Space just scored a $52.5 million contract to deorbit satellites for the U.S. Space Force, the first deal ever signed for such "end of life" disposal services for a constellation in low Earth ...
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Satellite servicing startup Starfish taps Quindar for mission operations software

WASHINGTON — Quindar, a startup that provides mission management software for satellite operators, has been selected by satellite servicing company Starfish Space to support the first three missions ...

The dirty afterlife of a dead satellite

Sometimes we humans get ahead of ourselves. We embark on grand engineering experiments without really understanding what the ...

Germany eyes lasers, spy satellites in military space spending splurge

By Joe Brock SINGAPORE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Germany is weighing investments ranging from spy satellites and space planes to ...