A Spanish military communications satellite launched in October was struck by a “space particle,” an incident that could ...
In the late afternoon of Friday 31 January, a final trim manoeuvre nudged Artemis into its assigned position in geostationary orbit, completing a most remarkable satellite recovery operation which has ...
Two weeks after asuccessful launch from Cape Canaveral, NOAA Satellites has confirmed that GOES-T, the newest weather satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has executed ...
For decades, geostationary orbit (GEO) was the undisputed home of satellite communications. From television broadcasts to internet backhaul and voice services, GEO satellites formed the backbone of ...
NASA’s GOES satellites have provided 50 years of continuous geostationary monitoring, delivering real-time weather, environmental hazard, and space weather data to support forecasts, emergency ...
A space infrastructure startup called Orbit Fab is planning to build a gas station for spacecraft in geostationary orbit. This week, the company announced that it will be offering satellite refueling ...
SpaceX, along with Spaceflight Inc and depot start-up OrbitFab has revealed via a press release that the first orbit propellant depot will be shot into space relatively soon. OrbitFab announced the ...
The new lunar space elevator study differs from previous proposal would be anchored on the moon and stretch 200,000 miles toward Earth until hitting the geostationary orbit height (about 22,236 miles ...
Sunday 11am ET Update: In response to a query from Ars, the AMC-9 satellite’s operator, Luxembourg-based SES, issued the following statement on Sunday morning: In the early hours of 1st July, the SES ...