There's nothing innate about the Earth or its atmosphere that marks the boundaries of low Earth orbit. This is a distinction ...

The BlueWalker 3 satellite was fully deployed, making it the "largest-ever commercial communications array in low Earth orbit ...

Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's Binar Space Program burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

The Haolong space shuttle is being developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute under the state-owned ...

It was the second Florida launch by SpaceX on Nov. 11. SpaceX launched 24 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit from ...

The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 satellite, launched in 2022 and ...

SpaceX successful launched a South Korean communication satellite from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday afternoon.

SpaceX launched another batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape ...

The potential launch of Starlink -- with its network of low Earth orbit satellites capable of providing internet to remote ...

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Software-defined satellites, which can be reprogrammed on the fly, now make up a growing share of spacecraft orders, primarily from geostationary operators looking for flexibility to adapt as low ...

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...