It's been decades since humanity first sent a satellite into orbit, and during all this time we kind of become experts at it. What we still haven't mastered yet is extending the life of these ...

The OEO satellite promises a geosynchronous orbit around the equator, low latency, and a drastic cut in costs—using readily available technology. Thousands of satellites have been deployed during ...

First, Russia has now joined the fray with the recent arrival of its own suspected inspector (or attack) satellite in GEO. Second, the US Space Force is poised to order more—perhaps many ...

For many college students, satellites are faint dots crossing the sky on clear nights. These objects are background details from science fiction to reality, like GPS, satellite radio, and WiFi. For ...

A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day).

Viasat Inc. VSAT shares are in focus Friday, a day after surging 18.2% following a landmark U.S. Space Force contract that moves the company from satellite design into full production. Viasat stock is ...

United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur successfully completed its debut national security mission (USSF-106) for the U.S. Space Force, deploying the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) to ...

Putting tiny satellites in far-off GEO orbit is a thing now, and Viasat will help build them.