Rocket Lab launched a radar satellite for Synspective today (Oct. 14), the seventh spacecraft it has lofted for the Japanese ...

It was SpaceX's third Project Kuiper launch and the sixth overall dedicated to building out the nascent network, which will ...

A giant slingshot might sound like something out of a science fair or a medieval battle—but one California startup is turning this idea into a revolutionary way to launch satellites. This system doesn ...

SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites into orbit to provide high-speed internet access over the past few years. Companies like OneWeb and Amazon are doing the same. Research is now being done to ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into space. (SpaceX / Amazon via LinkedIn) In a case of strange space bedfellows, SpaceX launched 24 satellites for Amazon’s Project ...

A recently launched Russian satellite is getting uncomfortably cozy with a U.S. reconnaissance satellite, leading Space Command to worry that it’s part of an anti-satellite weapon being deployed to ...

An Iranian communications satellite was sent into orbit aboard a Russian rocket on Friday, a launch that highlighted strong ties between the two countries. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled ...

Daily life increasingly depends on systems of satellites orbiting Earth. As fleets proliferate, ever greater numbers of expired units will hurtle back toward the surface. Decommissioned satellites ...

Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling. China’s Shijian-21 ...