SpaceX sent up the Space Coast’s 10th launch of the year Wednesday night, but skipped any landing attempt of its booster. A ...

A California startup wants to beam extra sunlight to Earth orbiting mirrors, but some are skeptical about whether the physics and economics add up. Reflect Orbital plans to launch 57 small satellites ...

Flying at an altitude of around 45km, their polar orbit will require more juice than a typical orbit because the spacecraft can’t use the Earth’s rotation to boost velocity. This added energy ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

A Long March 6A rocket launched a fourth batch of 18 Qianfan/Thousand Sails satellites into polar orbit early Thursday. There are now 72 satellites in orbit for the planned 14,000-satellite ...

Four hundred million copper wires are now circling the globe in a polar orbit at an altitude of 2300 miles. These "needles" are part of Project West Ford which began in 1958 when it was first ...

SpaceX is geared to send up the Space Coast’s 10th launch of the year Wednesday night. A Falcon 9 rocket on the SpainSat NG I mission carrying a communications satellite developed by Spanish company ...

MEASAT has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shanghai Spacesail Technologies to advance Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services.

The booster’s successful return also marks SpaceX's first polar orbit mission from Florida. In the wee hours of the morning in India, on the other side of the world, SpaceX was busy getting its ...

The PUNCH constellation of satellites is targeted to launch in late February 2025 into a polar orbit along the day-night line, so the spacecraft will remain in the sunlight with a clear view in ...

Why is Venus so different? Several scientific instruments are to explore our neighboring planet. ESA has now awarded the ...