There are now over 10,000 satellites in orbit, more than at any point in history, and this growing number is starting to ...

"The Russians and the Chinese are demonstrating more sophisticated orbital maneuvering abilities. There's no denying that." ...

The U.S. Space Force is hoping to get its own permanent opposition force for training, this time in orbit. Specifically, the service is looking at sending up satellites into space to serve as ...

Five launches are planned this week at the two space complexes in central Florida, including doubleheaders Wednesday and ...

In fact, it delivered many satellites, bringing the SpaceX internet service's total number up to 10,006. For reference, ...

High above our planet, hundreds of kilometers in space, a quiet but serious cold war is taking place. British satellites are ...

One of the most important satellite launches of all time was that of Sputnik. When the Soviet satellite became the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth on October 4, 1957, space must have seemed ...

"The national security establishment has already been doing this for five decades but thought that no one could replicate it, ...

For decades, the military has relied on large, multi-ton satellites for global communications from geostationary orbit (GEO), a prime location 35,000 kilometers above Earth that provides unique ...

Space is no longer the domain of a few government agencies. It has evolved into a vital ecosystem of commercial ventures and scientific innovation that affects global communications, navigation, ...

Every year, we shoot several thousand satellites and other objects out into space. When satellites die, they become space ...

A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about what is space junk or space treasure. Orbital space is full of retro ...