The new satellite is akin to going from flying a commercial plane to a military aircraft, the head of Combat Forces Command said.

Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term operations, a new study suggests. The study found that, while in 2019 only 0.2% of ...

In a first joint demonstration, the companies showed how collaborations among innovative commercial companies can support complex space missions at speed. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. and MENLO PARK, Calif. and ...

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded, and scientists are warning that space may soon become too risky to manage safely. A new study published in Acta Astronautica takes on a question that could define the ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—U.S. Space Command is co-sponsoring a $20 million effort to build up U.S. on-orbit maneuvering capabilities, its commander, Gen. Stephen Whiting, said April 8. The command is working ...

Anduril Industries said it plans to acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions, a company that operates one of the world’s largest commercial networks of telescopes used to track satellites and space debris, in a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Over a thousand miles above terra firma, low-Earth orbit is growing ever more crowded as constellations of internet satellites swarm the skies. What ...

By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that spacecraft’s velocity could receive a huge boost — enough to allow it to catch up with ...

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge has strained data infrastructure, which requires lots of electricity to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With more and more internet satellites launching every year, scientists are growing increasingly concerned about the rising risk of collisions. The ...