Satellites

Watch Rocket Lab launch mysterious US spy satellites early on March 21

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Rocket Lab will launch a mystery mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) early Thursday morning (March 21), and you can ...

Debris from burning satellites could be affecting Earth’s magnetic field

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The environmental impacts of spaceflight are becoming increasingly clear as more and more spacecraft are launched into Earth’s orbit. The growing number ...

SpaceX launches 53 satellites on Transporter-10 rideshare flight, nails rocket landing (video)

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

SpaceX launched a big batch of satellites for a variety of private customers today. The company’s Transporter-10 mission lifted off right on ...

Dream Chaser spaceplane reusable and runway-ready

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

When NASA’s space shuttle program ended after 30 years in July 2011, so too did a familiar sight often captured on television ...

European Space Agency satellite hurtling toward Earth

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

European Space Agency satellite hurtling toward Earth World News By Jesse O’Neill Published Feb. 19, 2024, 1:31 p.m. ET An out-of-control bus-sized ...

Private-sector lander launched on historic moon mission

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Lighting up the deep overnight sky, a Falcon 9 rocket thundered away from Florida early Thursday, boosting a commercially built robotic lander ...

Watch Rocket Lab launch 4 private satellites, recover booster early Jan. 28

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Rocket Lab plans to launch four private satellites and recover the returning booster early Sunday morning (Jan. 28), and you can watch ...

Starlink close encounters decrease despite ever-growing number of satellites

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

SpaceX has reported that the number of close encounters between its satellites and other orbital objects has not increased in the past ...

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites into orbit in final flight of 2023

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

SpaceX launched its latest batch of satellites on Thursday night (Dec. 28) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 23 ...

Inside Amazon’s Project Kuiper, Jeff Bezos’ effort to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet

Business
Jessica Roberts

For a harrowing hour or two after Amazon.com Inc. launched its first satellites, it appeared the company might have lost one of them. ...