KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As SpaceX launched the four-person crew of the Fram2 mission on Monday night, it was a takeoff for the history books as they will be the first humans to ever orbit Earth ...

which already has more than 7,000 satellites in orbit. One of SpaceX’s biggest advantages is that it can launch its satellites on its own rockets, which are by far the cheapest in the business.

While H5Web was initially built with the HDF5 format in mind, @h5web/lib visualization components are not tied to HDF5 and can be used to visualize data from any source. Also, @h5web/app lets you ...

The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse. According to the European Space Agency's (ESA) annual Space Environment Report, the amount of space debris is rising quickly. We're sending ...

WHERE IS THE best place to build a data centre? Not on Earth at all, but in orbit, claims Philip Johnston, chief executive of Starcloud. The cost of launching things into space is falling fast ...

And increasingly local people don't want them built nearby. Putting data centres in space – either in orbit around Earth, or on the Moon - the theory goes, means they can't do quite so much harm.

SPACE SYMPOSIUM — The Space Force today unveiled a new program, called Orbital Watch, designed to share unclassified information about threats on orbit with more than 900 commercial operators ...

Russian satellites Kosmos 2581, 2582, and 2583 launched in early February The satellites are orbiting at around 585 km in a near-polar orbit On March 18, a mysterious object was released from one of ...

The sky may still look serene, but it’s no longer safe. Above our heads, Earth’s orbit is turning into a graveyard of metal and forgotten machinery. Satellites, rocket parts, and fragments ...

US-based startup Aetherflux has raised $50 million. It aims to launch a demonstrator to orbit next year.

Viasat (VSAT) has signed an agreement with Telesat (TSAT) to integrate Telesat Lightspeed LEO Ka-band capacity into its multi-orbit network to deliver a new standard of connectivity across its ...

HELSINKI — China’s construction of a pair of communications megaconstellations could cloud low Earth orbit with large spent rocket stages for decades or beyond, according to analysts.