R2C2 will first be used to control experimental satellites, such as those flown under the Space Test Program, as well as ...

While the Gemini North Telescope may be at a high enough elevation to avoid light pollution, it has another issue that might ...

Satellites that retire are deorbited into a graveyard orbit within 25 years of their missions ending. This is the case with ...

Hurricane experts have already raised alarms about the effect the Trump administration's slashing of science budgets could ...

Thales Alenia Space says that the French government has appointed the Franco-Italian joint venture to lead development of a ...

Astronomers in Western Australia detected a powerful radio burst, initially mistaking it for a new astronomical object or a ...

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Retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Marc Garneau describes the time he picked up a spinning satellite in space known as ...

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

Relay 2 had already turned into space junk. It has since been aimlessly orbiting our planet, until James and his colleagues linked it to the weird signal they detected on June 13. But could a dead ...

In the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, India is intensifying its military space surveillance programme, fast-tracking the ...

The financial performance of the sector has also been strained. Losses from satellite insurance exceeded premiums in several recent years, with 2023 alone reportedly seeing around $500 million in ...