The closer to Earth a satellite flies, the clearer a picture it can take of the surface. But low-flying satellites also have ...

The company revealed that a Starlink satellite experienced an anomaly on Wednesday that led to a complete loss of ...

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SpaceX confirmed that one Starlink satellite recently exploded in orbit, and it is now tumbling to re-enter the planet.

One or more units will then move to lower orbits. NASA aims to test how DiskSats perform in very low Earth orbit, below 186 ...

On December 17, Starlink experienced an anomaly on satellite 35956, resulting in loss of communications with the vehicle at 418 km. The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in ...

A routine piece of SpaceX’s vast internet constellation has turned into a real-time stress test of how the world handles ...

Earth's orbit is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. Earth's distance from the Sun varies by about 3 million miles throughout the year. Earth's orbit's semimajor axis is approximately 93 million miles.

Satellites in orbit would begin to collide in a matter of days if they lost manoeuvrability during a solar storm or other ...

Many tech billionaires, including Musk, fall squarely into the “proponents” category. With a blockbuster IPO on the horizon ...

The modified Mira launched in January 2025 on SpaceX's Transporter 12 rideshare mission, which hauled 131 payloads to low ...