A team at Purdue University developed a drag sail to attach to satellites to help them de-orbit to combat space…
As of 2020, there were over 19,000 pieces of individually tracked space junk in orbit above the Earth. Of those,…
Two companies, OneWeb and SpaceX, are racing to put fleets of thousands of communication satellites into orbit. In March they…
Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) are finding new uses for the laser-based technology that sharpens telescope imagery –…
If the Roman Empire had been able to launch a satellite in a relatively high Low Earth Orbit – say…
NASA contractor Howe Industries just presented their design for a "steampunk" engine that could allow satellites to maneuver, without the…
A new analysis indicates that 3% of Starlink satellites have failed since they were launched to orbit, which could mean…
Oops. Dropping a mirror on Earth is only minor cause for concern, perhaps about the potential of some upcoming bad…
According to multiple assessments, there's a good chance two dead satellites will crash in the skies above Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, creating…
A DirecTV satellite suffered a battery failure and now has to be de-orbited. Otherwise, it could cause a collision and…