Each blue dot represents one of 16,500 active satellites. GPS navigation, banking transactions, communications, weather forecasting, emergency response systems, agriculture, aviation and national ...

New navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit could provide 100 times stronger signal strength compared to GPS and other global navigation satellite systems operating from higher orbital ...

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Almost half the stuff in orbit around Earth can be classified as space junk, and the problem is only going to get worse as launches and orbital infrastructure increase. Using data from the U.S. Space ...

Blue Origin acknowledged the satellite was placed into a lower-than-planned orbit, but hasn't commented since it was deemed lost. Analysts expect limited impact on AST SpaceMobile's finances, but ...

Automatic hose reels seem like the obvious upgrade, but comparing them to manual hose reels tells a different story. Each option has its own pros and cons, from convenience and durability to ...

The Artemis II astronauts broke out of Earth orbit and headed for the moon Thursday, firing their main engine for nearly six minutes to boost the ship's velocity to 24,500 mph, the speed required to ...

Humanity has shifted an asteroid’s orbit around the sun for the first time. This was achieved by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in 2022, but the effect has only now been ...

On January 30, 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to 1 million satellites to power data centers in space. The proposal ...